The “Sons of Liberty” were selfish enough to destroy their competition ,and were fanatics who burned and vandalized homes. The Sons of Liberty didn’t hold the Boston Tea Party to help the colonists. The tea they dumped into the harbor, was tea that was for the colonists, and was going to be sold at the same price as the illegal tea the “Sons of Liberty” were selling. The real reason for the tea party was to get rid of their competition. The “Sons of Liberty” burned and vandalized people’s homes. Cadwaller Colden was a tax collector during the time of the “Sons of Liberty”. He had just received a shipment of stamped papers when his coach was burned down. The mob that did this then went on to the home of Fort George’s commander and ransacked
