THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
SONS OF LIBERTY RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT AND BRITISH RULE
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They paid off the customs officials to look the other way.
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They used the cover of darkness to sneak the wine into Boston.
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They hid it in lobster cages.
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They hid the wine in containers of tea.
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Detailed explanation-1: -After he inherited a fortune in his mid-20s, this elegant dandy nearly single-handedly bankrolled the early protests in Boston. Hancock smuggled glass, lead, paper, French molasses and tea. In 1768, upon arriving from England, his sloop Liberty was impounded by British customs officials for violation of revenue laws.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Man Had “Chutzpah” Although his background should have made him a loyalist, Hancock sympathized with his friends John Adams and Samuel Adams who were both patriots. He risked his fortune to support American independence by helping to raise money, secure troops and organize naval forces.
Detailed explanation-3: -Samuel Adams’s mob-dignified in some circles by the name Sons of Liberty-set off a huge fireworks display on Boston Common. Then they marched on John Hancock’s Beacon Hill property, just as Hancock had once feared. But now they came to crown Hancock the hero of the hour for championing the boycott.
Detailed explanation-4: -John Adams ably defended Hancock in court until the British dropped the smuggling charge, but the episode made him a hero throughout the Colonies.