The American Revolution: Sons of Liberty (1765-1776)

"Most famous for their role in the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty used grassroots activism to push back against British rule."

"The Sons of Liberty, a well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy, was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party. "

"In Boston in early summer of 1765 a group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act. As that group grew, it came to be known as the Sons of Liberty. And grow it did!"

"In popular folklore, the Sons of Liberty were organised, coordinated colonial American groups who took action against British policies from 1765 onwards."

"When Britain imposed the Intolerable Acts throughout the 1750s and 60s, a great number of men became extremely angry, and began to act violently against British Loyalists in the colonies. Mobs sprung up all over the colonies, reigning terror on those who remained faithful to the crown."

"The article presents a discussion of the 19th century U.S. southern group known as the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC), adapted from the book "Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Southern Secession, Civil War," by David C. Keehn."

"The Knights of the Golden Circle was a post-U.S.-Mexican War expansionist organization whose goals included the extension of slavery via military occupation of Latin American countries and creation of a [...]"

"This unique history of the Civil War considers the impact of nineteenth-century American secret societies on the path to as well as the course of the war."

A basic introduction to the topic with links to the Knights of the Golden Circle and the Stamp Act.

Sons of Liberty Samuel Adams 1765 Great Britain's American colonies, especially the cities of Boston, New York, and Providence

"Colonial agents working in Britain express their concerns over the Stamp Act long before it is passed by Parliament on 1 March 1765. When news of the Act's official status reaches the American colonies in the spring, creative colonists begin planning an assortment of protest activities."

A letter "To John Adams from the Sons of Liberty, 5 February 1766"