George Curry become governor of New Mexico Territory from 1907 until February 28, 1910. Curry’s engagements in New Mexico politics and as a businessman are almost too numerous to mention. At various times and in various places he dealt in real estate, in oil, and operated a hotel. He recruited four companies for World War I service, served on the International Boundary Commission (1922-1926), and in World War II was chairman of the draft board. In 1945 he became the first State Historian of New Mexico, a state whose history he had a large part in shaping.
It was the "Sons of Liberty" that was the organization that specifically promoted support for the war against the British among the american people, mainly due to grievances over taxation.
without sufficient metal to make things such as axes and saws we would have never made anything out of wood and be stuck living in mud huts and the like