THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
SONS OF LIBERTY RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT AND BRITISH RULE
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From a speech given in British Parliament
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From a letter written by Ben Franklin
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From a famous poem
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From a famous song
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Sons of Liberty took their name from a speech given in the British Parliament by Isaac Barré (February 1765), in which he referred to the colonials who had opposed unjust British measures as the “sons of liberty.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The group may have taken its name from a speech given in Parliament by Isaac Barre, an Irish member sympathetic to the colonists, who warned that the British government’s behavior “has caused the blood of these sons of liberty to recoil within them.”
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The British sometimes referred to them as the “Sons of Violence” in hopes of giving them a bad reputation. By the time the revolution began, the Sons of Liberty were fairly well organized with groups from different colonies communicating and planning protests together.
Detailed explanation-5: -Once the Stamp Act had passed, a secret group called the Loyal Nine, the precursor to the Sons of Liberty, gathered crowds around the famous Liberty Tree in Boston.