the sons of liberty Flashcards
who were the loyal nine?
a group of boston artisans, shopkeepers, and businessmen
what was the purpose of the ‘social club’ later named the loyal nine?
to formulate and organize a response to the stamp act when news of its passage reached massachusetts.
what did the loyal nine plan to do?
planned to lead the public in forcing stamp distributors, who alone could collect money for stamped paper, to resign before taxes were due on November 1, 1765
members of the loyal nine
john avery, a distiller
henry bass, a merchant
samuel adam’s cousin
thomas chase, a distiller
stephen cleverly, a brazier
thomas crafts, a painter;
benjamin edes, owner of the boston gazette
john smith, a brazier
george trott, a jeweler;
henry welles, a shipowner
who helped the loyal nine organise resistance?
ebenezer mackintosh and his mob of rabble-rousers, known as the south enders
august 14th, 1765
bostonians awoke to find an effigy of stamp collector andrew oliver hanged from a tree.
oliver did not take the hint to resign immediately, so at dusk, macIntosh led several hundred men in destroying a new building that oliver owned.
what was the loyal nine’s rationale?
without stamp masters, the act could not go into effect.
august 26th, 1765
persons disguised and armed with clubs and sticks hurried away to governor thomas hutchinson’s house with the rage of madmen.
sent off his children, barred his doors and windows, and meant to remain but was soon under the necessity of withdrawing, first to one house, then to another, where he continued till four in the morning.
not directed by the loyal nine - set strict boundaries to violence
andrew oliver informed his fellow stamp master, jared ingersoll of connecticut, his intention to resign from his office,
