American Revolutionary War

I. Protest in Boston
a. Why did the colonist (Patriots) protest
1. taxes

b. British Soldiers in Boston

1. Valuable to Great Britain's economically
2. Keep Control

II. Preparing to fight

a. Boston Massacre

b. Boston Tea Party (Protesting British Taxes)

1. Colonist boarded the British ship as Indians and throw
thousands of pounds of tea in the harbor
2. England closes down harbor in Boston-effects Boston's
economy

c. Minutemen

II. American Revolution Starts

a. April 18, 1775

1. Weapons taken away
2. Paul Revere and William Dawes

b. Lexington, MA and Concord, MA

c. beginning of the American Revolutionary War

d. George Washington

e. 1781
1. war over

f. 1783
1. United States recognized as an independent country