The Grievances of the Colonists

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Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?

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The Sons and Daughters of Liberty were American patriot groups active before the American Revolution, opposing British rule. The Sons of Liberty formed to protest the Stamp Act through both violent acts, like the Boston Tea Party, and nonviolent coordination of resistance. The Daughters of Liberty focused on the nonimportation movement, encouraging colonists to avoid British goods. Both groups played key roles in resisting British authority and fostering revolutionary sentiment in the colonies.

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The Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty were two related groups of Americans in the time leading up to the American Revolution.  These were Americans from the patriot side who opposed the British.

The Sons of Liberty formed in response to the imposition of the Stamp Tax.  They were involved in various activities that were meant to oppose the tax and to push for its repeal.  These activities included violent activities like tar and feathering people and like the Boston Tea Party.  They also included nonviolent things like trying to coordinate anti-British activities in different towns and communities.

The Daughters of Liberty did most of their work with the nonimportation movement.  This was a movement to get colonists to refrain from buying any British goods as a way of punishing Britain for the Stamp Tax.  Both groups helped to resist the British government and to move the colonies towards rebellion.

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Who were the Sons of Liberty?

The Sons of Liberty were the most famous Patriot organization in the time leading up to the Revolutionary War.  They were a loose organization of people from various colonies that sprang up in opposition to the Stamp Act.

They were in some ways similar to the later Committees of Correspondence in that they were important in maintaining contact between the patriot communities in the various colonies.

After the repeal of the Stamp Act, the Sons of Liberty pretty much disbanded because they thought their work was done.  They did not really play a role in the immediate run-up to the Revolution, but they did play a major role in organizing the first serious colonial resistance to British authority.

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