As to
whether the Sons of Liberty were justified in their actions, I must leave that to you to decide.
Since the other educator has already addressed the Boston Tea Party, I will address other
aspects of the organization's activities.
First, the group was considered a
paramilitary organization. Its members were made up of patriots who objected to "taxation
without representation." The Sons of Liberty resented the British government for levying
varied taxes on the colonies while denying colonists a voice in the English Parliament. The Sons
of Liberty originated in Boston, with later chapters forming in New York and the rest of the
thirteen colonies. The organization was initially formed to protest the Stamp Act.
One of the organization's first acts was to terrorize Andrew Oliver, a public official
with the authority to enforce the Stamp Act in Massachusetts. Accordingly, the Sons of Liberty
created an effigy of Oliver, which they paraded through Boston's streets and later burned.
Angry...
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