# “Liberty and Property!” The Sons of Liberty and Resistance to the Stamp Act Part 1

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/liberty-and-property-the-sons-of-liberty-and-resistance-to-the-stamp-act-part-1>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** September 10, 2014

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George H. Smith recounts the violent reaction to the Stamp Act, a tax on paper goods levied against the American colonies in 1765.

[Originally published in essay form on December 13, 2011.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/liberty-property-sons-liberty-resistance-stamp-act-part-1)

_Narrated by James Foster._