3.2.3 Revolution & Independence

In the 1760s, the British government passed laws taxing the colonists

tax: a fee demanded by the government to pay for public services

These taxes angered the colonists, who had no representation in British government’t

The colonists protested British control → protested: objected to

Boston Tea Party: Angry colonists dumped a shipment of tea in the Boston Harbor because they felt the tea was unfairly taxed

April 19, 1775 - violence erupted in Lexington & Concord, Massachusetts when British soldiers were sent to destroy military supplies of colonial rebel groups

Paul Revere was on the lookout and saw the British, then alerted the minutemen → minutemen : colonists who were ready to fight

The trouble between Patriots & Britain was now an armed conflict

patriot: colonist who wanted American independence

loyalist: colonist who wanted to stay loyal to Britain