The "sons of liberty" were formed in the 1760s primarily as a reaction to a) the stamp act. b) the boston massacre. c) the treaty of paris, 1783. d) the french and indian war.

map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. for example, on a 1: 100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground.

to force terrorists groups to stop attacking western targets using massive military force.