Groups such as the Sons of Liberty did lead protests but they did not let any of their members carry weapons. ... The final social issue is that of Native Americans. ... To protest the Tea Act, colonists boycotted British tea, men that worked on docks would not let British East India Company ships touch the dock, and the Sons of Liberty threw the Boston Tea Party. ...
The edict forbade private citizens and colonial governments to buy land or make agreements with natives compelling the empire to conduct all official relations. ... All this frustration and rebellion led to the formation of a club known as the Sons of Liberty who was a "well organised Patriot paramilitary political organisation shrouded in secrecy". 5 These members broke into the homes of tax collectors, beating them up and burning tax documents. ... About 50 colonists belonging to the Sons of Liberty boarded a tea ship in Boston Harbor. ...
As a political protest opposing to the Townshend Act, which placed new duties on various imports, members of a Patriotic organization named "Sons of Liberty" disguised as American Indians and destroyed a total of 42,009.9 kilograms of tea on December 16, 1773.viii Patriots clearly demonstrated their dissatisfaction toward the British government. ...
