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The Sons of Liberty were a massive group of patriots and pretty obnoxious people, as well as the colonists. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Adams, John Hancock were most important colleague in the Sons of Liberty. Samuel Adams had helped to create an argument against the Stamp Act and played a crucial role in organizing the Boston Tea Party. He proposed a break from Great Britain at last and signed the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock was an important person because he was a merchant so, nobody would buy the merchant's tea since they made British tea cheaper with taxes. Also, he participated in several forces and helped Samuel Adams by supporting America’s Independence. Paul Revere was a express leader who would deliver news about the war. So, that would help them know what to do and get in action before the British troops came. John Adams was a lawyer who went against the Stamp Act for the colonists and would oppose the British soldiers who were blamed for murder in the Boston Massacre. He was important to the Boston Tea party because he would speak up against the rules of the British which would help the colonists. All in all what you really need to know is why they were important. Well, the whole Sons of Liberty was important because they basically formed the spirit for the American revolution.

In May of 1765, Patrick Henry addressed the issue of the Stamp Act to the Virginia House of Burgesses. In Patrick Henry’s speech he

Junior Gonzalez The Stamp Act was horrible for the colonists because they didn't have a say in the stamp act, the tax was used to pay off the money they used in the French and Indian War. The colonists tried to get rid of the tax collectors but this would result in the colonists destroying their town, and the colonists boycotted British goods so they had to start making their own clothing or have them wear the clothing for months. The British bought raw materials from the colonists, then the British would make something out of the material they bought and then the British would sell it back the colonists. But since the colonists refused to pay the additional tax, the British didn't want to buy anything from the colonists, which

After a long time coming, the 13 colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, finally won their independence against the british government on July 4th 1776. This war of independence made not only political changes for the US but also around the world. After years of tension building up, the first strike for americans to be against britain was when the British government implemented the Stamp Act. This was a tax on all stamps to help reimburse Britain for the land they acquired for the 13 colonies. The colonist weren’t all that thrilled about this tax not only because the tax was high but because they had no representation

Comment Powered by Hannah Johns The Stamp Act required that British Colonists pay a tax in the form of a stamp on all printed materials such as; land titles, licenses, playing cards, court documents, newspapers and more. It was the idea of George Grenville in an attempt to raise a revenue from the colonies and it became an incredibly hated tax by the colonists; one in which they would protest in extreme measures such as, tarring and feathering tax collectors, forming mobs and rioting in the streets. Acts such as the Currency Act and Sugar Act were passed by parliament at the request of Grenville and were met with some resistance but not measured by the same degree as the Stamp Act. (power point 4) (pg. 207) In

First, the Stamp Act of 1765 is an act that required the colonists to pay on paper items. This act angered many colonists and the colonists can not let this pass them. “The English passed the Stamp Act so the colonists can help pay their expenses from the French and Indian War”(Colonial Unrest). With anger, groups like the Sons of Liberties stopped stamped paper being unloaded off decks. Then, merchants had a plan and agreed not to buy anything from the British. Also, representatives from different colonies formed the Stamp Act Congress and demanded Parliaments to reverse the act. In conclusion,

Once again, the colonists were angry that they were being taxed on basic needs. This anger only grew through the Boston Massacre incident, where five colonists were killed, and the Boston Tea Party, where enraged colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. The last straw for the colonists seemed to be the passing of the Coercive Acts, otherwise known as the Intolerable Acts. These acts were created to regulate and basically restrict the colonists to make them realize that Parliament was in control. Colonists did not agree with this act, specifically the Quartering Act which required them to house British soldiers, as well as feed and clothe them. These acts and taxations, along with the violent incidents that occurred in Boston, and a lack of colonial representation in the Parliament caused the colonists to

I was at school, during history I told Mr.Bush if the Stamp Act was enacted. Some historians believe that the Stamp Act was one of the most ridiculous enactments because the British taxed everything the colonists bought from the British. Even though it was a good way of raising money,(the British did not have enough money after the French and Indian war) it was unnecessary. The British could have raised money multiple different ways, like conquering another area or mining in the mountains near the colonies, but instead of these ways the British created the most ridiculous enactments in U.S. history. They made multiple families suffer from financial problems. That is why the colonists protested against the Stamp Act. This is also why people burned down tax collectors houses they felt like the took their freedoms away.

The Sons of Liberty started to group together around in about 1772. The Sons of Liberty were a large group of colonists that rebelled against the Stamp Act. They were everyday, ordinary men, depending on what source you are looking at, they could be rebels, colonists helping to smuggle goods so they can try to avoid taxes, or merchants and artisans, or they could just be a group of people standing up for what they believe. . The thing is, the Sons of Liberty were all of these… they did all of this. No matter what, their main goal was to not pay any taxes, rebel against the taxes , or more likely to intimidate the tax collectors. They tried to rebel against the taxes, because almost everyone did not approve of the taxes, and to do this,

With the Stamp Act, the colonists feared that if this law was allowed to pass with no resistance, that there would be far worse taxations in the future. A lot of the colonists did not think that they could do anything about the Law except grumble and buy the stamps, until the Patrick Henry Stamp Resolves came along, they stated that Americans have the same rights as those in Britain, particularly the right to be taxed by their own representatives. The law also led to the formation of the sons of liberty. “The Sons of Liberty, a well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy, was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party” (Bostonteapartyship.com). As for the Intolerable Acts, many other colonies supported Massachusetts in their protest. Many colonial leaders created a committee of correspondence to discuss the consequences of the laws after seeing the threat to their charter and rights. This eventually led to the creation of the First Continental Congress, who created the Declaration of

Document F successfully enhances on this topic. The document discusses how Britain informed the colonies that the taxes were not efficient enough to pay for the necessary expenses and that there would soon be a small change. Britain was very swindling on finding ways to take money from the colonies. After the French and Indian War, Mercantilism became a large aspect in the policies of the colonies. Britain enforced that the colonies were not to import any non-British goods nor export any goods to any other country then Britain. Britain needed another means to collect money and they turned to a new idea- directly taxing the colonies. The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by Britain to tax the colonies on all printed materials such as pamphlets and newspapers. This put the colonies through a great anguish. In Document H the illustration displays the dislike of the new act. Colonists felt that this act somewhat “buried them in their graves”. This tax was too expensive to the colonist’s wallets and many began to lose faith in a better tomorrow.

The Stamp Act was an important act introduced by the British Prime Minister George Grenville that was then passed in March 1765 by the British Parliament. The purpose was to raise money for national debt of Britain after the Seven Years War and Parliament needed means to help fund expensive costs of keeping troops inside the colonies. The act levied a tax on legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, and nearly every other form of paper used in the colonies. The British Government felt that the colonies were the primary reason of the military presence and should pay a portion of the expense. The American colonies did not take kindly to this matter.

To help pay off their debt, England scheduled the initiation of the Stamp Act, which placed a tax on fifty different documents, on November 1, 1765 (Gale Par. 2; Brindell 13). This act was to put a tax “upon every paper commonly called a pamphlet and upon every newspaper” (Copeland 193). Because the Stamp Act was an internal tax, which meant this tax law was only enforced in America, this made the colonists even

The colonist considered the act unconstitutional, a tax had been imposed and they had no need to heed the taxes. The Virginia House of Burgesses was nearing the end of its session when word of the Stamp Act reached it. A young delegate named Patrick Henry introduced a Resolution which stated: “That the general assembly of the colony, together with his majesty or his substitute have

     The passing of the Stamp Act by Parliament in 1765 caused a rush of angry protests by the colonists in British America that perhaps "aroused and unified Americans as no previous political event ever had." It levied a tax on legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, and nearly every other form of paper used in the colonies. Adding to this hardship was the need for the tax to be paid in British sterling, not in colonial paper money. Although this duty had been in effect in England for over half a century and was already in effect in several colonies in the 1750?s, it called into question the authority of Parliament over the overseas colonies that had no representation therein.