Liberty Affair |
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Date | June 10, 1768 |
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Caused by | - Seizure of the ship Liberty
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Customs officers, sailors of HMS Romney |
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Joseph Harrison, Benjamin Hallowell
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The Liberty Affair was an incident that culminated to a riot in 1768, leading to the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. It involved the seizure of the Liberty, a sloop owned by local smuggler and merchant John Hancock, by British authorities.[1] This incident, which showed the difficulties in enforcing British revenue laws and growing colonial resentment against British rule, formed part of the series of events that led to the American Revolution.[2]