American Colonies'

Today, we tell about the start of the American colonies' war for independence [from:by] Britain in the late 1700s. The road to revolution lasted several years. The most serious events [began:ended] in 1770. War began five years later. Relations between Britain and its American colonists were most tense in the colony of Massachusetts. There were protests [against:with] the British policy of taxing the [colonies:people] without giving them representation in Parliament. To prevent trouble, thousands of British soldiers were [sent:seen] to Boston, the biggest city in Massachusetts. On March 5, 1770, tension led to violence. This is what happened.