Permanent historical factsheet

Sons of Liberty

United States · Warfare / American War of Independence. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1773–1774Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1773

Thomas Hutchinson29 November 1773

Boston · Warfare / American War of Independence

Governor Thomas Hutchinson had been urging London to take a hard line with the Sons of Liberty

John Hancock16 December 1773

Boston · Warfare / American War of Independence

The Boston Tea Party is a protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston

1774

Paul Revere1774

Warfare / American War of Independence

Minuteman and Sons of Liberty member Paul Revere spread the news that "the British are coming"

Names involved

John HancockPaul RevereThomas Hutchinson

Provenance

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