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Notable members
==Liberty Tree==
==Liberty Tree==
From the beginning of the stamp act excitement in 1765, the [[Liberty Tree]] had been the rallying place of the patriot citizens. Here one of the more celebrated scenes of defiance of the British enacted under it, was the hanging in effigy there, August 14, 1765 of Lieutenant Governor Andrew Oliver.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwERAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA18|title=The historic Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773: its men and objects : incidents leading to, accompanying, and following the throwing overboard of the tea, including a short account of the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770, with patriotic lessons therefrom adapted to the present time|date=1896|pages=18}}</ref>
From the beginning of the Stamp Act excitement in 1765, the [[Liberty Tree]] had been the rallying place of the patriot citizens. Here one of the more celebrated scenes of defiance of the British enacted under it, was the hanging in effigy there, August 14, 1765 of Lieutenant Governor Andrew Oliver.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwERAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA18|title=The historic Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773: its men and objects : incidents leading to, accompanying, and following the throwing overboard of the tea, including a short account of the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770, with patriotic lessons therefrom adapted to the present time|date=1896|pages=18}}</ref>
==Notable members==
Many of the Sons of Liberty became Founding Fathers as the cause of independence grew nearer and after the [[Revolutionary War]]. Notable members include:
* [[Samuel Adams]]
* [[James Otis, Jr.]]
* [[Paul Revere]]
* [[Joseph Warren]]
* [[Christopher Gadsden]]
* [[Benjamin Rush]]
* [[Patrick Henry]]
* [[Benedict Arnold]]
* [[William Paca]]
* [[Samuel Chase]]
==References==
==References==
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{{Building Toward Independence}}
{{Building Toward Independence}}
[[Category:American Revolution]]
[[Category:American Revolution]]