{"id":31680,"date":"2023-12-14T08:41:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T07:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=253739"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:12:46","slug":"boston-tea-party-2-the-sons-of-liberty","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/boston-tea-party-2-the-sons-of-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Tea Party | 2. The Sons of Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"

We meet the Sons of Liberty \u2013 an organisation which sometimes turned to brutal and intimidating tactics <\/p>

By Elinor Evans\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 14 December 2023 at 07:41 AM<\/p>

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The Boston Tea Party is often invoked as a symbol of non-violent protest, but how true is that picture? In episode two, we meet the Sons of Liberty \u2013 an organisation which, in combatting the rising taxes levied from the American colonists, sometimes turned to brutal and intimidating tactics that are often forgotten in the protest\u2019s broader story.<\/p>\n

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