The alternative outcome of this is that the merchants were forced to sign a contract stating that they would no longer serve for the British, and if they did not, they would face severe consequences: “cut… his hair before tarring him and feathering him…” this evidence guarantees how radical these colonists were in going against British power. (Hollitz, 74). But not so much as a crowd hung the King's stamps and next to the image the devil. This symbolizes the urgency of how these radicals feel against the king, they want to overthrow him and have their freedom. The source also suggests that these stamps were "burned in the fire for the purpose, along with my chariot, a chair on horseback... they insulted their governor, broke into his house, burned all his furniture..." true radicalism could be nothing more evident than this mob that destroyed and insulted their governor. (Hollitz, 70). They risk everything to demonstrate to the British government that they will do anything to free themselves from their rule, but they will go to extremes to make a statement about what should be