North Carolina Sons of Liberty

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colonial political movement patriot organization

The North Carolina Sons of Liberty were a colonial patriot group in North Carolina that opposed British taxation and policies in the years leading up to the American Revolution.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
North Carolina Sons of Liberty canonical 1
North Carolina resistance to the Stamp Act 1
Sons of Liberty in North Carolina 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial political movement ⓘ
patriot organization ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1760s ⓘ
1770s ⓘ
basedOn English constitutional rights ⓘ
colonial charters ⓘ
contributedTo escalation of tensions between colonies and Britain ⓘ
prelude to the American Revolution ⓘ
country Province of North Carolina ⓘ
goal defense of colonial rights ⓘ
repeal of British tax measures ⓘ
hasCause British attempts to raise revenue from the colonies ⓘ
colonial grievances over lack of representation in Parliament ⓘ
hasPart local patriot groups in North Carolina towns ⓘ
historicalContext pre‑Revolutionary era in British North America ⓘ
ideology patriotism ⓘ
resistance to taxation without representation ⓘ
influenced revolutionary sentiment in North Carolina ⓘ
support for the American Revolution in North Carolina ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location North Carolina ⓘ
movement American colonial resistance ⓘ
natureOfWork political activism ⓘ
opposed British imperial policies ⓘ
British taxation ⓘ
Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
surface form: Stamp Act of 1765

Townshend Acts (tea tax component) ⓘ
surface form: Townshend Acts

taxation without representation ⓘ
opposedBy British colonial authorities in North Carolina ⓘ
royal officials in North Carolina ⓘ
partOf American colonial resistance movement ⓘ
Sons of Liberty ⓘ
regionServed Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont North Carolina

coastal North Carolina ⓘ
significantEvent North Carolina Sons of Liberty self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina resistance to the Stamp Act

public protests against British tax officials in North Carolina ⓘ
usedMethod non‑importation agreements ⓘ
political organizing ⓘ
public demonstrations ⓘ
public meetings ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sons of Liberty → hasPart → North Carolina Sons of Liberty ⓘ
North Carolina Sons of Liberty → significantEvent → North Carolina Sons of Liberty self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Carolina resistance to the Stamp Act
Brunswick Town → associatedWithEvent → North Carolina Sons of Liberty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stamp Act resistance in North Carolina
North Carolina Patriots → hasPart → North Carolina Sons of Liberty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sons of Liberty in North Carolina