SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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to end the revolutionary movement
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to hurt Great Britain economically
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to negotiate peace between the colonies and Great Britain
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to establish a colonial-formed government
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Sons of Liberty was most likely organized in the summer of 1765 as a means to protest the passing of the Stamp Act of 1765. Their motto was, “No taxation without representation.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government.
Detailed explanation-3: -A popular method of protest was the boycott, in which people refused to buy British goods. The first colonial boycott started in New York in 1765. It soon spread to other colonies. Colonists hoped that their efforts would hurt the British economy and Page 2 might convince Parliament to end the new taxes.
Detailed explanation-4: -On August 14, 1765, outrage boiled over in the city. Protesters organized as the “Sons of Liberty” took to the streets in a very defiant act against British rule.