<P> The street demonstrations originated from the efforts of respectable public leaders such as James Otis , who commanded the Boston Gazette , and Samuel Adams of the `` Loyal Nine '' of the Boston Caucus , an organization of Boston merchants . They made efforts to control the people below them on the economic and social scale , but they were often unsuccessful in maintaining a delicate balance between mass demonstrations and riots . These men needed the support of the working class , but also had to establish the legitimacy of their actions to have their protests to England taken seriously . At the time of these protests , the Loyal Nine was more of a social club with political interests but , by December 1765 , it began issuing statements as the Sons of Liberty . </P>
<P> The street demonstrations originated from the efforts of respectable public leaders such as James Otis , who commanded the Boston Gazette , and Samuel Adams of the `` Loyal Nine '' of the Boston Caucus , an organization of Boston merchants . They made efforts to control the people below them on the economic and social scale , but they were often unsuccessful in maintaining a delicate balance between mass demonstrations and riots . These men needed the support of the working class , but also had to establish the legitimacy of their actions to have their protests to England taken seriously . At the time of these protests , the Loyal Nine was more of a social club with political interests but , by December 1765 , it began issuing statements as the Sons of Liberty . </P>
who organized opposition to the stamp act and protests by the sons of liberty
who organized opposition to the stamp act and protests by the sons of liberty
the `` Loyal Nine '' of the Boston Caucus , an organization of Boston merchants
the `` Loyal Nine '' of the Boston Caucus , an organization of Boston merchants