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5. Why did the crowd single out Andrew Oliver? He was hung in effigy in August, but he was not officially commissioned as a stamp distributor until December. Why is this significant? What does this suggest about the Boston crowd? What does it suggest about Oliver?

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Andrew Oliver was commissioned to administer the unpopular Stamp Act in Massachusetts. On August 14, he was hanged in effigy from Boston's Liberty Tree in a protest organized by the Loyal Nine, a precursor to the Sons of Liberty. That night his house in Boston was ransacked by an angry crowd. On August 17, he was compelled to publicly resign his commission. On December 17, the Sons of Liberty again forced him to publicly swear that he would never act as stamp distributor.