Letter from Andrew Oliver, Jr. to Benjamin Lynde, 6-7 March 1770

Terrible as well as strange things have happen'd in this Town since my arrival Skirmish after Skirmish between the Inhabitants & the Soldiery with dangerous Wounds on both Sides, till at Length Monday Night exhibited an awful Scene, it is difficult to determine which were the Aggressors, but a Detachment from the main Guard fired upon the Populace by which five Persons were killed or have Since died of their Wounds.

Use the passage to answer the question.

What conclusions does this account support? Select the two correct answers.

A. Colonists in Boston incited British soldiers by rioting.

B. British soldiers attacked Boston citizens without cause.

C. British soldiers and colonists were in regular conflict.

D. A confrontation between British soldiers and colonists turned deadly.

E. Both British soldiers and colonists were to blame for the tragic events.

The correct answer are B) British soldiers attacked Boston citizens without cause and C) British soldiers and colonists were in regular conflict.

The conclusions that this account support are that British soldiers attacked Boston citizens without cause and British soldiers and colonists were in regular conflict.

He was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay province from 1771 to 1774. He implemented the Stam Act as ordered by the British Crown, in which all the colonists had to pay a tax for every printed material such as a newspaper or any kind of printed document. People protested and Oliver and his property suffered from aggression. He wrote this letter to Benjamin Lynde, on March 6, 1770.

"Terrible as well as strange things have happened in this Town since my arrival Skirmish after Skirmish between the Inhabitants & the Soldiery with dangerous Wounds on both Sides, till at Length Monday Night exhibited an awful Scene, it is difficult to determine which were the Aggressors, but a Detachment from the main Guard fired upon the Populace by which five Persons were killed or have Since died of their Wounds."

C is the correct ones