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miércoles, 2 de febrero de 2011

Tarring and feathering & Sons of Liberty

                                                                          Tarring and feathering.
Is a form of punishment which was developed in 12th century in  England. The earliest mention of this punishments occurs in orders of Richard I of England, this started in  the Holy Land in 1189.This punishment was composed victim was stripped it was  painted with hot tar, and then covered in feathers which stuck to the tar.  This hot tar on bare skin could cause painful and efforts to remove it usually resulted in to pulling out the hairs. The Tarring and feathering was a barbaric practice  and, sadly. The practice was occasionally very violent and resulted in death.

Sons of Liberty
In Boston in early 1765. The sons of liberty was  a political group made by the  American Patriots. This group was formed to protect the rights of the colonist of the British government. In December 1773, the Sons of Liberty distributed a declaration in New York City called the "Association of the Sons of Liberty in New York", which formally stated their opposition to the Tea Act. Sons of Liberty raised was a combination of general outrage against the Stamp Act. This also have a flag called  the rebellious stripes flag with nine vertical stripes (five red and four white).

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