During 1765 some American cities notices that there were some secret groups forming to stand up and defend their rights. One of them were " the sons of liberty" they take their name from a a speech that the Colonel Isaac Barre said in the British parliament , there he refer to The colonials like the sons of liberty.
They were a secret group or underground organization ,patriots that opposed British taxes ,there leader was Samuel Adams.
The sons of liberty adopted a flag , in the 1767s , they called it the rebellious. It was a stripes flag , red with white. And it has 9 vertical stripes that represent the loyal nine.
With everything know and with already a flag , they start planning a boycott, to motion all this things that had taxes on them ( newspapers ,tea , legal documents , etc) .
But even after they boycott these products , the parliament continue to push these items, but changing the word taxes to "duties" . All this only motivates them to stronger protest and even violence.
With no more to do , they start " Tarring and Leathering" this was a very violent way to obtain what they deserve. This consist in taking the tax collectors, cover them with leather and forced them to drink hot tea. In a few time most of the tax collectors quit.
But this was only one of their protest. Because injustice continue , they later led up to the Boston Massacre.
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