To prevent Edmund Andros from getting his hands on it, Connecticuters hid their colonial charter inside one of these objects.
Men protesting a law protecting these objects lashed sheriff Benjamin Whiting and deputy John Quigley, and also cut the ears off their horses. Colonel Joseph Reed, the secretary of George Washington, designed a flag featuring one of these objects beneath the words "An Appeal to Heaven." During the siege of Boston, Loyalists led by Job Williams destroyed one of these objects, where the Sons of Liberty had placed an effigy of Andrew Oliver next to a British cavalry jackboot. These objects were marked with three axe strikes resembling an upside-down arrow as part of William III's "Broad Arrow" decree. The "Black (*) Locust" type of these objects was especially popular in colonial America. To prevent Edmund Andros from getting his hands on it, Connecticuters hid their colonial charter inside one of these objects. For 10 points, name these objects which in colonial times yielded naval stores like turpentine and pitch, as well as the building materials for ships and houses.
Men protesting a law protecting these objects lashed sheriff Benjamin Whiting and deputy John Quigley, and also cut the ears off their horses.
trees (accept specific types, such as oak trees)