During the revolutionary war, a massachusetts group of women accused a merchant of hoarding coffee. the group took matters into their own hands by

This Massachusetts group of women were called the Daughters of Liberty and they are known for putting matters into their own hands. During the “Coffee Party” their attention was diverted to a local merchant who hoarded coffee and refused to sell it to the people, the women decided to put matters into their hands by forming an assembly of women with carts and trucks, they walked to the warehouse and insist to get the key from the merchant, one of the women attacked him which forced the merchant to  give up the warehouse key. The women opened the warehouse and took all the coffee.

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