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Sons of Liberty is an American television History Channel miniseries dramatizing the early American Revolution events in Boston, Massachusetts, the start of the Revolutionary War, and the negotiations of the Second Continental Congress which resulted in drafting and signing the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Dissident organization during the American Revolution For other uses, see Sons of Liberty (disambiguation). Sons of Liberty The Rebellious Stripes Flag Leaders See below Dates of operation 1765 (1765) –1776 (1776) Motives Before 1766: Opposition to the Stamp Act After 1766: Independence ...
Harrison Horton Dodd (February 29, 1824 – June 2, 1906) was a founder of the 1860s-era OSL (Order of Sons of Liberty), [1] a paramilitary oath bound secret society which was a radicalized dissident splinter group of the KGC (Knights of the Golden Circle).
The Battle of Golden Hill was a clash between British soldiers and the Sons of Liberty in the American colonies that occurred on January 19, 1770, in New York City.Along with the Boston Massacre and the Gaspée Affair, the event was one of the early violent incidents in what would become the American Revolution.
Their Plymouth home was often a meeting place for local politics and revolutionaries including the Sons of Liberty. [16] [17] [18] Warren became increasingly drawn to political activism, and she hosted protest meetings in her home. [4] These meetings laid the foundation for the Committees of correspondence. Warren wrote, "Perhaps no single step ...
The Sons of Liberty led by Samuel Adams, Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Boston Caucus each met there. Though membership in the Sons of Liberty was secret, it is widely believed to have included Samuel Adams, Dr. Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, John Hancock, James Otis, and Benjamin Edes (owner of the influential Boston Gazette).
With the success of the protests and the overturning of the Stamp Act in 1766, Allicocke was honored with a 21 gun salute [7] and the honorific titling of "general of the Sons of Liberty." [ 9 ] In 1774, he accepted the position of Secretary for the New York Committee of Correspondence , but voluntarily resigned from the position soon after. [ 7 ]
The Loyal Nine all became active members of the Sons of Liberty. By some accounts, they were the leaders of the organization in its earliest days. [1] [10] [11] Loyal Nine members Henry Bass, Thomas Chase, and Benjamin Edes became members of the North End Caucus, [10] a political group reputedly involved in the planning of the Boston Tea Party ...