I don't know what answer your text book may have provided but I would call them Whigs. Whigs were people who believed that government should not be very powerful so that individual liberty could be exercised to the greatest possible extent.
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The Sons Of Liberty
Johnny Tremain would deliver secret messages in code to the group "The Sons of Liberty". These messages would contain information like when and where the next meeting would be held.
The Sons of Liberty were responsible for the Boston Tea Party.
sons of liberty
The formation of the Sons of Liberty was a response to the Stamp Act.