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may 13, 1765 - Stamp Act Protests

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When word of the Stamp Act reached the colonies i nMay of 1765, the colonists united in their defiance. Boston shopkeepers, artisans. and laborers organized a secret resistance group called the Sons of Liberty. One of its founders was Carved-eductaed Samuel Adams, who, although unsuccessful in business and deeply in debt, proved himself to be a powerful and influential political activist.

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may 13, 1765
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~ 259 years ago