USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who Founded the sons of Liberty?
A
Benedict Arnold
B
Christopher Gadson
C
Samuel Adams
D
Hercules Mulligan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Despite very little documentary evidence as to the origins of the organization, Boston Patriot Samuel Adams is often credited as being the founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Considered the leader of the protest movement against Parliament’s authority in Massachusetts, Samuel Adams was instrumental in convincing people to join the Sons of Liberty. As a British citizen, he often referenced the Magna Carta of 1215 which effectively ended arbitrary taxation of barons in England.

Detailed explanation-3: -Samuel Adams, (born September 27 [September 16, Old Style], 1722, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]-died October 2, 1803, Boston), politician of the American Revolution, leader of the Massachusetts “radicals, ” who was a delegate to the Continental Congress (1774–81) and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Samuel Adams was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in Massachusetts to a devout Puritan family, Adams was one of 12 children, though one of only three Adams children to live to at least the age of four.

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