Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Definition: Secret organization of American colonists formed initially to protest the Stamp Act. The idea found success in many colonies, after the initial organizations in Boston and New York. After the Stamp Act was repealed a year after it was passed, the Sons of Liberty disbanded. But the patriotic spirit and the name remained. Groups of men, such as the ones who dumped the tea into Boston Harbor, were called sons of liberty.

Who were the Sons and Daughters of liberty?

The group was called the Sons and Daughters of Liberty. They were part of a secret society in pre-revolutionary America. The Sons of liberty were made of many who would later sign the declaration of idependence.

The group was active in anti-British activity, including forming public meetings, destroying British goods etc.

They were the ones that form part of this group:

Charles Thomson, Haym Solomon, Thomas Young, Paul Revere, Joseph Warren, Benjamin Edes, Alexander McDougal, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Isaac Sears, John Lamb, James Otis, Marius Willet, John Adams, Sam Adams and Silas Downer.

The Americans saw them as patriots while the British considered them terrorists.

The men took an active role in protesting, smuggling etc. The women participated in boycotting British goods, finding alternatives to British goods etc in an effort to help make America more self sufficient. Abagail Adams was a member of this group by the way.