Ned Ryun continues his series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 17, “A Violent Backlash”
In this episode Ned discusses:
- The violent reaction to the Stamp Act in the colonies
- The hanging in effigy of Andrew Oliver, royal stamp agent, in Boston
- The ransacking of Thomas Hutchinson’s home
- Samuel Adams condemns the violence
- The New York Sons of Liberty organize public demonstrations in New York City
- Richard Henry Lee, future signer of the Declaration of Independence, leads a protest in Virginia
- The colonies unite even further in their resistance to the tyranny of Parliament and the Crown
