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The American Revolution

Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Sons of Liberty Note

Why did some of the colonists belong to the group called the Sons of Liberty? What was this group? It was a group that fought the British in secret. They planned and did things against England. These men wanted to have fair laws. They talked about how the things that Britain was doing were not fair. They also planned ways to resist British laws. England knew the colonists were having secret meetings. They tried to stop the colonists from having the meetings.

The Sons of Liberty did many things to help their cause. They talked about the rights of people. They spoke about the rights of life, liberty, and property. They discussed the importance of fair laws. The Sons of Liberty became American patriots. They formed committees that communicated with each other. The committees were called ‘committees of correspondence.’ They wrote letters, pamphlets, and newspaper stories about the cause of liberty. Then they would pass their ideas on to other towns and cities. Liberty Tree Groups of men were formed in many places up and down the 13 colonies. They would use secret codes to keep their information away from the British. Their work and ideas went against the British government. Their honor was tested. Their lives were put at risk. If the British caught them they would be punished. Sometimes the Sons of Liberty would use pressure against people that were loyal to Britain. They would use threats and bullying some times. They even would go into the homes of tax collectors and destroy things. The Sons of Liberty were the ones behind the throwing of the tea into Boston Harbor.

There were also American women who met in secret. They were called the Daughters of Liberty. The women also did things to help the colonies. They were patriots also. One of the important things they did was boycott goods. They were often doing the buying for their families. They stopped buying tea. This hurt the British and British businesses. Clothing was another thing that came from England. The Daughters of Liberty stopped buying cloth from Britain. They would hold spinning bees. Liberty Tree A spinning bee was an event where home-spun, or home-made, yarn was made. The yarn was later woven into cloth that was then made into clothes or other things. This was another way to hurt the British. Americans would make other things too. The more the colonists made themselves meant the fewer goods that would need to come from England.

The Liberty Tree became a gathering place for the meetings of the Sons of Liberty. It became a symbol of freedom. The Liberty Tree was a tree outside the Robinson Tavern on Orange and Essex Streets. British Regulars cut the tree down in August of 1975. This was done just before the British got out of Boston.

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Reading resources

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Text Credits:

http://www.ushistory.org/us/10b.asp;
Colonial Massachusetts, S. E. Dawes, Silver Burdett & Company, 1899, Library of Congress;
http://archive.org/stream/colonialmassachu00dawe#page/n0/mode/2up;
The French War and the Revolution; Sloan, William Milligan; Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1893, 1754-1763;
Young Folks’ History of America, Hezekiah Butterworth, 1895, The Werner Company;
http://archive.org/details/youngfolkshistor00but;
Regulars chop down Liberty Tree after Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill: “Liberty Tree Protest . . . “ by Brian MacQuarrie in the Boston Globe, August 15, 2015


Image Credits:

Sons of Liberty Note in 1765- Wikimedia Commons;
Liberty Tree on Orange and Essex Streets by Caleb Snow in the History of Boston-1828- Wikimedia Commons;
Liberty Tree Stamp- 13 cent-1975 by USPS- Wikimedia Commons


Text Readability:

ATOS- 5.4
Flesch-Kinkade- 6.14
SMOG- 8.53

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