The suns of liberty were a secret organization that was created in the thirteen colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists to fight taxation by the British government.
There was more than one leader,
The leaders were: Paul Revere, John Adam's, and Samuel Adams.
The sons of liberty were involved in:
- Ransacking and damaging houses of British officials
- Images of unpopular figures were burned in effigy
- stamp agents were subjected to threats and intimidation
- Offenders were publicly tarred and feathered
- Sons of Liberty were involved in riots
- Burning building and the Gaspee affair
Major incidents involving the sons of liberty:
- The Boston Massacre
- The stamp act protests
- The burning of HMS Gaspee
- The Battle of Golden Hill
- The Boston Tea Party