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commander of the British forces in North America.
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So a military commander
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was sent to be the new governor--again,
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a pretty dramatic statement.
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So now in addition to all of those acts,
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you have the looming threat certainly to the colonies
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or the colonists in Massachusetts of a standing army
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as a source of tyranny staring them in the face.
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So certainly people in Massachusetts at this moment
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would have been justified in feeling
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as though they were under military occupation.
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Now we may look at these pretty drastic measures