Sons of liberty

Just after that the mob moved towards Oliver’s property situated on Kilby Street and burnt it down to the horror of its occupants. After the crowd had dissipated McIntosh and a few of his crew ransacked Oliver’s abandoned house, under the cover of darkness and it was clear by the end of the evening who ruled Boston. Though we anticipated some retaliation from the British Militia, the Justices and Sheriffs, there was no such response and therefore before the year-end, the sons of liberty existed in every nook and cranny of all the colonies.
November 1st, 1765- The Stamp Act came into effect and I remember the newspapers that published the news did so without the required stamp.
1776 – During the early months, I recall the chaos that took place everywhere and as a result, many of the governors had gone into hiding. There were not many Royal troops to take care of things so unlocking the weapons stores was not a good option. Since our group the ” Sons of Liberty outnumbered the Royal troops, they had easily displaced the royal government. The curtain was drawn on the Stamp Act Congress and the various groups of the ‘Sons’ who were indifferent colonies, corresponded with each other and established a much larger organization to work for the cause.
The Boston Tea Party – It was the Boston Committee of Correspondence that directed the ‘Boston Tea Party’ that took place on December 16th, 1773. It was another Red-letter day in my diary because that was the day that the British government levied a new tax on tea that was imported to Boston. About 50 members of the Boston Committee Correspondence members together with ” Samuel Adams, proceeded to empty three ships worth and 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor in protest.”