Question

What was the professed aim of the daughters of liberty?

Answer 1

Daughter of liberty consisted of women who displayed their patriotism by participating in boycotts of british goods following the passage of townstend acts.

Answer 2

The correct answer is E) to manufacture goods as substitutes for British goods.

The professed aim of the daughters of liberty was to manufacture goods as substitutes for British goods.

Women also actively participated in the American independence movement. There were already a Sons of Liberty when the Daughters of Liberty formed to support the Revolutionary cause. They were a group of dissident women in  Massachusetts that formed to protest against heavy British taxation. The Townshend Acts of 1767 had imposed taxes on English products such as paper, tea, and glass, and these patriotic women decided to manufacture goods as substitutes for British goods.

The other options of the question were A) to protest against the Sugar Act of 1764. B) to protest against the Stamp Act of 1765. C) to obtain representation for women in the assemblies. D) to help repeal the Currency Act.