USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Sons of Liberty was a secret political organization in the American Colonies that protested against British taxes and laws before the American Revolution. By the time the revolution began, there were chapters of the Sons of Liberty in all thirteen colonies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sons of Liberty: A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -The protests were based on legal principles that only the colonial legislatures had the power to tax residents who had representatives in those legislatures. Some colonies had official agents to Parliament, like Benjamin Franklin, but no colonies had sitting representatives in the British Parliament.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sons of Liberty was a secret underground society created due to the social and political fallout of the French and Indian War.