![]() ![]() The Sons became a kind of franchise, spreading throughout the colonies, organizing resistance, even physical attacks against royal authorities. In American colonies, the group most responsible was the Sons of Liberty, first appearing in Boston around 1765, in response to new British taxes on the colonies. The two events of 17 were the opening acts in upheavals that transformed America, France, and the world and were largely the handiwork of secret societies. The French Revolution had drawn its first blood. In the ensuing violence, seven prisoners including two lunatics were set free, while the commander and several of his men were murdered. The mob attacked and at around 5:30 p.m., the Bastille’s defenders gave up. The Bastille’s commander refused to surrender, though he had only 100 men. The thousand-strong mob demanded the surrender of the old fortress, used as an armory and a prison. Sixteen years later, on July 14, 1789, another crowd gathered outside Paris’ Bastille. ![]() Learn more about the role of secret societies in the Boston Tea Party and Bastille Day. As an act of overt resistance to British rule, it was a critical step toward the American Revolution. Almost 200 men boarded the vessels, disguised as Mohawk Indians who broke open and threw overboard 342 chests, equal to about 45 tons of tea and even tidied up before leaving which was later dubbed, the Boston Tea Party. On December 16, 1773, a crowd gathered at Boston’s Griffin’s Wharf to protest the presence of three East India Company ships, carrying cargoes of tea. (Image: Cornischong at lb.wikipedia/Public domain) Boston Tea Party This incident came to be known as Boston Tea Party, which was a major step toward the American Revolution. In 1773, a crowd threw tons of tea from cargo ships. ![]()
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