Stamp+act+project

10/26/10 Support or refute: the sons of liberty were justified in using the mob as a political tactic

The sons of liberty was a political group made up of american patriots that originated in the north american british colonies before they got indenpendce. The group was designed to incite change in the british government's treatment of the colonies in the years following the end of the french and indian war. These patriots used the symbols of British authority and power through both words and deeds. By doing so during the stamp act most acts were violent and used as a political tactic.

I support the sons of liberty were justified in using the mob as a political tactic because on august 26, macIntosh led an attack on hutchinson’s house(he was the british royal governor of colonial massachusetts from 1771 to 1774). The mob removed the family from the house, destroyed the furniture, tore down the interior walls, and emptied the wine cellar. The sons of liberty would keep acting people in british politics in massachusetts untill the stamp act was repealed because they would have no one to collect the tax which would make the tax pointless because they get no money and lose politics.

Also another reson why I support the sons of liberty for using the mob as a polictical tactic, colonists would intimidate tax collecters to quit using violence. If enough tax collecters were forced to quit then there wouldn’t be enough people to collect the taxes in the colonies as a result this could force the british to repeal the tax because they cant make any money off of it. []