What were liberty poles used for

A pole/Tree often with a liberty cap or banner at the top usually located on a village green or in a market square used by the sons of liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest agains british rule and around which anti-British rule and around which anti-british rallies were held. (You can find this on google)

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sir thomas more, venerated in the catholic church as saint thomas more, was an english lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted renaissance humanist. he was also a councillor to henry viii, and lord high chancellor of england from october 1529 to 16 may 1532.