Sons of Liberty

handbill The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. It played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765 and throughout the entire period of the American Revolution. Historian David C. Rapoport called the activities of the Sons of Liberty "mob terror."

In popular thought, the Sons of Liberty was a formal underground organization with recognized members and leaders. More likely, the name was an underground term for any men resisting new Crown taxes and laws. The well-known label allowed organizers to make or create anonymous summons to a Liberty Tree, "Liberty Pole", or other public meeting-place. Furthermore, a unifying name helped to promote inter-Colonial efforts against Parliament and the Crown's actions. Their motto became "No taxation without representation." Provided by Wikipedia
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    Published 1775
    [New York] : [Printed by John Holt], [1775]
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    Published 1766
    [Boston] : [Printed by Edes and Gill], [1766]
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    Published 1773
    [New York] : [publisher not identified], [1773]
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    Published 1766
    [Annapolis] : [Printed by Jonas Green], [1766]
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    Published 1773
    [New York] : [publisher not identified], [1773]
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    Published 1769
    [New York] : [publisher not identified], [1769]
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    Published 1773
    [New York] : Printed by John Holt., [1773]
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    Published 1766
    [Philadelphia] : [Printed by Anthony Armbruster], [1766]
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