September is AMERICAN Founders’ Month Find Out About the Founders #americanfoundersmonth THE SONS OF LIBERTY Secret society organized to resist British oppression Famous for orchestrating the Boston Tea Party Sometimes used violent action to protest British policy (e.g., tarring and feathering tax collectors and Loyalists) No formal leadership or organization Likely began in Boston to protest Stamp Act Lesson link - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/teaparty.php Image link - https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/american-revolution/pictures/images/revolutionary-war-004.jpg Learn more about the Sons of Liberty & the Boston Tea Party from the Massachusetts Historical Society