Sons Of Liberty And The Stamp Act Of 1765

The Sons of Liberty was a group that was founded by Samuel Adams and John Hancock in July 1765. The group consisted of shopkeepers, craftsman, and other political leaders that were against the Stamp Act of 1765. The group’s goals were to force the British stamp agents that were in stationed in the 13 colonies to resign and to stop American merchants from purchasing goods from the British. The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax that the British put on the American colonies where a stamp would be placed on any paper document such as books, newspapers, playing cards, and several types of documents. The only form of paper document that wasn’t part of the Stamp Act of 1765 was books. Paul Revere organized a group of Sons of Liberty in Boston which became known as the “Mechanics”. This group established a secret intelligence network that allowed them to monitor British troops’ actions and report to the leaders of the …show more content…
The group consisted of around 92 members and all of the members were important to the colonies because they were successful in making America their own textiles by using their skills of weaving yarn and wool into homemade cloth which was known as homespun instead of depending on the textiles that were coming from the British. The Daughters of Liberty also took part in the agreement where they vowed to stop drinking tea as long it was taxed by the British and by doing this, they experimented other forms of drinking tea. Members of the Daughters of Liberty also served positions on the battlefield where they replaced Continental soldiers and performed tasks that were meant for their husbands such as farming and running businesses. Without the women doing these kinds of tasks during the war, men that were a part of the war would have been bankrupted after they participated in the