The Sons Of Liberty During The Revolutionary War

The Sons of Liberty had an immense part in the Revolutionary War. Before America had the Founding Fathers, the colonies needed leaders to stand up to the British Parliament, who were known as the Sons of Liberty. John Hancock and Samuel Adams were wealthy merchants that established the Sons of Liberty in Boston in 1765, who were also known as the Loyal Nine. They were a well-organized patriot political organization filled with major colonists. The five prominent members of this organization included John Hancock, Benedict Arnold, John Adams, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere. The Sons of Liberty have shown selfish qualities that were used to go against the British rule, which proves that they should be remembered as radical extremists. The first crucial action of the Sons of Liberty was a response to the Stamp act. This act was a tax which was passed by the British parliament that raised revenue on all paper exports. On August 14th, 1765 the organization hung a Massachusetts stamp distributor named Andrew Oliver on the Liberty Tree. It did not end there they moved on to Oliver's house where they smashed windows, destroyed furniture, and ransacked his home. Another individual was targeted
his name was Thomas Hutchinson he was the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. The Sons ordered him to nullify the stamp act, he refused and on the night of August 26th his house was completely destroyed and looted. The Sons of Liberty executed additional crimes to get the stamp act repealed, which they soon succeeded in March of 1766. On the 9th of June in 1772 a two-masted ship named the HMS Gaspee ran aground in the Narragansett bay of Rhode Island.
The ship was out in the bay due to the orders they were given to enforce maritime trades laws and to collect taxes on goods. This left them an easy target to the well-known pirates that lurked the waters in the area. These pirates that made their territory well known were out there for a reason. The reason being was that they were angered of the Townshend act, which added to the growing list of acts that were enforced by the British Parliament. A small group of the Sons of Liberty rowed out to the ship where they attacked the crew and set fire to the HMS Gaspee. This violent protest was known as the Gaspee affair, which added to the Sons violent
rampages.
One of the most well-known actions by the Sons of Liberty took place on December 16th, 1773, which was known as the Boston Tea Party. This was a violent protest against the tea act of 1773, which was a tax that was enacted by the British parliament to compensate the money that was lost from the French and Indian war. The main patriot leader who organized the Boston Tea party was named Samuel Adams. Samuel Adams had sixty men who were part of the Sons of Liberty under his rule, they dressed up as Indians by blackening their faces and seizing a British ship. These individuals dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor creating great destruction. The vandalism that the sons of liberty created, would be more than $700,000 in today's currency.
These three acts were only part of the many dangerous protests the Sons of Liberty assembled. Without these acts, numerous deaths would not have occurred and peace would have been kept between the patriots and loyalists. The frustration and anger took over the Sons of Liberty which caused madness. This group made a marking for themselves causing chaos and corruption throughout Great Britain. The way the Sons of Liberty handled the taxation should have been managed in a well-mannered way instead of violence, which proves that they should be remembered as radical extremists.