Virginia Sons of Liberty

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The Virginia Sons of Liberty was a colonial-era patriot group in Virginia that opposed British policies and helped organize resistance leading up to the American Revolution.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary-era group
colonial political organization
patriot organization
activeDuring 1760s
1770s
prelude to the American Revolution
contributedTo development of revolutionary sentiment in Virginia
mobilization for the American Revolution
country British America
goal organize colonial resistance
resist British taxation measures
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era
ideology American republicanism
colonial resistance to British rule
influenced public opinion in Virginia against British policies
language English
location Virginia
movement American patriot movement
operatedIn Colony of Virginia
opposed British colonial policies
taxation without representation
opposedLaw Stamp Act of 1765
Townshend Acts
opposedOrganization British Parliament
British colonial administration in Virginia
partOf Sons of Liberty
region Southern Colonies
supportedCause American independence
colonial self-government
usedMethod boycotts of British goods
political organizing
public protest

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Sons of Liberty
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