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Glossary Term – Event
Sons of Liberty founded
A group of anti-British American patriots founded the Sons of Liberty.
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Circular letter adopted in Massachusetts
Samuel Adams’s circular letter decrying taxation without representation was adopted by the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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Boston Tea Party
To protest the Tea Act, Boston colonists staged the Boston Tea Party. Disguised as Mohawk Indians, a group of approximately 150 protesters boarded three tea ships in Boston harbor and emptied 342 chests of tea worth 18,000 pounds sterling into the water.
Glossary Term – Organization
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a secret organization formed in opposition to the Stamp Act in the summer of 1765. Lead by Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and others, the Sons of Liberty coordinated colonial resistance to British tyranny using petitions, propaganda, and public assembly. First formed in Boston, local Sons of Liberty organizations were soon established throughout the colonies.
Glossary Term – Organization
Anti-Federalists
Anti-Federalists, including Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and George Mason, opposed the Constitution of 1787 primarily based on the fear that it would create an overly powerful central government and elite ruling class. Though Anti-Federalists failed to prevent the adoption of the Constitution, their objections did lead to the inclusion of the Bill of Rights. In 1791, with the ascendancy of the Federalist Party, which favored strong government and a loose interpretation of the Constitution, Anti-Federalists and others who favored small...
Glossary Term – Organization
First Committee of Correspondence
The Massachusetts House established the first Committee of Correspondence, which coordinated colonial protests against the British government.
Glossary Term – Person
John Hancock
John Hancock (1737–1793) was a leader of the American Revolution and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Harvard, Hancock was a wealthy merchant in colonial America. In the 1760s, he became a supporter of the resistance movement against British rule and an associate of Samuel Adams. In 1764, the Liberty, a sloop owned by Hancock, was seized for allegedly violating the Sugar Act, and Hancock became a widely known figure in the ensuing case. Hancock served as president of the...
Glossary Term – Person
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams (1722–1803), born in Boston and educated at Harvard, became a major figure in the resistance against British policies such as the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Duties in the 1760s, when he founded the Sons of Liberty with John Hancock. In 1772, Adams (a cousin to John Adams) established the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston to coordinate resistance to the British. Other such committees soon formed across the colonies, creating a network to share information among revolutionaries. Adams was also a coordinator of...
