On this day, the Sons of Liberty take over Boston

August 14, 2023

There were a lot of events that led to American Independence, but it was on this day in 1765 that the seeds of revolution were planted in an angry Boston when protesters let their feelings be known about unjust taxes.

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On August 14, 1765, outrage boiled over in the city. Protesters organized as the “Sons of Liberty” took to the streets in a very defiant act against British rule.

“The Sons of Liberty on the 14th of August 1765, a Day which ought to be forever remembered in America, animated with a zeal for their country then upon the brink of destruction, and resolved, at once to save her,” wrote Samuel Adams about that fateful day.

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-sons-of-liberty-take-over-boston