Before they became a secret spy agency, they were a group of men who had disliked the stamp tax and wouldn’t stand for it anymore. They encouraged propaganda and had grown to be in almost every city in the colonies. As the Sons of Liberty and other Patriot groups gained more people,the news of rebellion kept spreading, soon reaching General Thomas Gage’s ears. He was the commander of all the British troops in North America. He knew the propaganda was leaning toward revolution so he sent out counterspies to join the Sons of Liberty. Little did he know, the Sons of Liberty were planting their spies wherever they could as well. “America was an ideal place for the dangerous game of spy vs.spy. People on both sides spoke the same language and could easily make believe they were Tories or …show more content…
His family was not wealthy as interpreted, “As a child, his father planned for him to be a clergyman, but they were in no financial state for that to happen”(1, Pavao). He later worked for his brother in his printing shop. He was very abusive toward him and having had enough, he ran away. He ended up on a ship and spent the last of his money on bread for a meal. A woman named Deborah Read saw him on the streets and felt bad for him thus taking him into her home. Later she would be his wife and mother to his son, William. He got involved with the spy system and was sent over to England many times to spy on parliament. This hadn’t raised suspicion because of his family’s loyalty to the