The Sons of Liberty

The name "Sons of Liberty" started when Isaac Barré referred that American rebels opposing the Acts were "Sons of Liberty". 

So some radical groups took that name. The first group named "Sons of Liberty" was formed in New York in the fall of 1765. Their most remembered act is when they destroyed a Theater and with the wood they started a great bonfire. The sons of liberty organized demonstrations, enforced boycotts, and occasionally made violent protests.

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The Sons of Liberty also have a group in Massachusetts headed by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. The Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts were the most conflictive ones because they protested for everything they can.

Similar groups were formed in other colonies like the Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia.

The Sons of Liberty disappear in the colonies after the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1765, but it revived when the Townshend Acts were passed in 1767. Since that moment they fought for the Independence. They also played a prominent role in setting up the First Continental Congress in 1774.