Resenting taxes imposed by the British parliament; patriot protests escalate to a peak on December 16; 1773 with the destruction of a shipment of tea; known as 'the Boston Tea Party'. The British government punished Massachusetts by closing the port of Boston and taking away self-government. The Patriots responded by setting up a shadow government that took control of the province outside of Boston and would place General George Washington to take charge of militia units besieging British forces stationed in Boston;
The British government in February 1775 declared Massachusetts to be in a state of rebellion. Then on April 19 - 1775 the first military actions of the American War of Independence (or Revolutionary War) took place; as fighting broke out between Massachusetts militia units and British regulars at Lexington and Concord...
Contents:
Laser-cut wooden blockhouse
Laser-cut wooden ‘snake’ fences
3 resin gun gabions
3 plastic mounted commanders
90 plastic British infantry
120 Continental infantry
30 Hessian Infantry
3 plastic field guns (6 or 9-pdr)
Molly Pitcher figure
30 plastic Colonial Militia
8 plastic Woodland Indians
3 casualty figures
Full colour flags for each regiment
