Santa Maria and the Beautiful Five Cities Area. The city of Santa Maria is located on Californiaâs Central Coast between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. Its location provides easy access for residents to enjoy both rural and urban activities and lifestyles. Santa Maria is blessed with a nearly perfect year-round climate and a stunning natural beauty.
Leaders of the Sons of Liberty who took part in the struggle for independence include Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere and Joseph Warren. The Sons of Liberty originated in the mid 1760âs with just a few members who called themselves The Loyal Nine. This group included: John Avery and Henry Bass, both merchants; Benjamin Edes, printer; Thomas Chase, Distiller; John Smith and Stephen Cleverly, both braziers and Joseph Field, a ship captain.
The Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party. In 1771, a group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. In retaliation, the British close the port, and inflict even harsher penalties. 1  Print.