https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6 en-us 2017-10-06 15:40:47 UTC 2023-03-12 01:42:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6/wish/194757576 First open act of defiance against colonial officials that took place on Hancock's sloop Liberty after the officials thought that the ship took part in illegal activity . The colonists then went back and burned the ship.  ]]> 2017-10-06 16:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6/wish/194757576 https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6/wish/194761857 Chicago, IL]]> 2017-10-06 16:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6/wish/194761857 https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6/wish/194762215 After Hancock's sloop was taken, angry colonists towed a custom collector's private ship into the town, brought it to the Tree of Liberty, and gave it a mock trial before burning it down. Liberty went on to serve as a British Navy ship, and was eventually scuttled by colonists. It was the first act of colonial physical rebellion against British taxation. It made John Hancock famous in the colonies.]]> 2017-10-06 16:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6/wish/194762215 https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6/wish/194766987 2017-10-06 16:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6/wish/194766987 https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6/wish/194767040 2017-10-06 16:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/puuv63y4qyk6/wish/194767040