Did Sons of Liberty plan the Tea Party?
When historians are trying to answer the question of who masterminded the destruction of tea in Boston Harbor, one group immediately comes to mind The Sons of Liberty. “The Sons” was an organization that existed not only in Boston but also in nearly all of the colonies. It was first known in Boston as the “Union Club” which was formed in Boston in 1765, and had among its members most of the leading patriots of the day. Their organization was secret, with private passwords to protect them form Tory spies. Their public meetings in Boston were held under the “Liberty Tree,” in the open space, know as “Liberty Hall,” at the junction of Newbury, Orange and Essex Sts. (now Washington and Essex Sts.) However the fact the conspirators always met at the same location did not exactly help the security of their network.
