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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