Sons of Liberty

Sons of Liberty was a group of patriotic societies that sprang up in the American colonies before the Revolutionary War. They began as secret societies but later came into the open. They fought against the repressive economic measured imposed by the British, including the Stamp Tax of 1765, and opposed the importation of British goods after the passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767. They also led resistance to the Tea Act of 1773. They were active from South Carolina to New Hampshire.