American Revolution in Massachusetts

Years of tension between colonists and the British finally came to a head in the spring of 1775. For much of the next year, Boston would be under siege as the first battles and major skirmishes of the Revolutionary War were fought in Massachusetts during the Boston Campaign. Maine, then part of Massachusetts, was also swept up in the Campaign.

A plan of Boston, and its environs : shewing the true situation of His Majesty's army, and also those of the rebels (1776)