jueves, 10 de febrero de 2011

Patriots leaders emerge

   Colonists were very unhappy with the Stamp Act, they were all affected. They united to fight against it, and those who oppose were called Patriots. Where ever, people showed up their power, and wanted to repeal the Stamp Act. They formed an association called "Sons of liberty", the leader was Samuel Adams.
   Samuel Adams protested that British were taxing colonists for everything, including their own possessions. He also plan all the mobs against the tax collectors, and was one of the principal planners in the Boston Tea Party.
   He`s views became a liitle radical after the british close the harbor. He was one of few who oposed the Sugar act from the start, the other one didn`t care much.
   The protests continued, and if the tax collector went to collect taxes, they would attacked him, destroying their house also. Thanks to this mobs, no one in Boston dare to support the Stamp Act. In October 1765 congress encourage consumers to boycott imported goods from Britain, that was called "non-importation agreement".

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