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[[Image:Liberty Tree.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or, Tarring & Feathering'' depicts the tarring and feathering of John Malcolm in front of the Liberty Tree, the [[Stamp Act]] hangs upside down on the tree, and the person in the foreground looks to be wearing a Liberty Cap.<ref>See the 1794 Liberty Cap coin</ref>  In the background is a depiction of the original [[Boston Tea Party]].]]

[[Image:Liberty Tree.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or, Tarring & Feathering'' depicts the tarring and feathering of John Malcolm in front of the Liberty Tree, the [[Stamp Act]] hangs upside down on the tree, and the person in the foreground looks to be wearing a Liberty Cap.<ref>See the 1794 Liberty Cap coin</ref>  In the background is a depiction of the original [[Boston Tea Party]].]]

The '''Liberty Tree''' was an iconic tree in [[Boston]] Commons during the Stamp Act crisis<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilding |first1=Matthew |url=https://www.thefreedomtrail.org/educational-resources/article-liberty-tree.shtml |title=Liberty Tree |work=The Freedom Trail Foundation }}</ref> that colonists rallied around as a symbol of strength. Various acts of defiance against the King were staged here.

The '''Liberty Tree''' was an iconic tree in [[Boston]] Commons during the Stamp Act crisis<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilding |first1=Matthew |url=https://www.thefreedomtrail.org/educational-resources/article-liberty-tree.shtml |title=Liberty Tree |work=The Freedom Trail Foundation }}</ref> that colonists rallied around as a symbol of strength.

 

Popular across the [[Thirteen colonies]], Liberty Trees were used as meeting places to plan resistance and to stage various acts of defiance such as rallies and [[Protest]] against the King.<ref>[https://www.history.com/news/liberty-trees-symbol-revolutionary-war Why ‘Liberty Trees’ Became an Obsession After the Revolutionary War]</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

Under the waving branches of those old trees, the inspiration of Nature aided song and oratory in the cry against oppression.<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>

Under the waving branches of those old trees, the inspiration of Nature aided song and oratory in the cry against oppression.<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>

===Pine Tree Flag===

===Pine Tree Flag===

==References==

==References==

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[[Category:American Revolution]]

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