Because the colonists were throwing snowballs towards the soldiers and yelling things. while one of them tripped and accedently fired. while the other soldiers fired out of fear there was a ambush
The answer is the last one. Athenians did not vote for representatives but instead practiced direct democracy where the citizens voted specifically on the issues at hand.
✅The three requirements of the Homestead Act if someone wanted to take advantage of its offer were: fill out an application, make land improvements, file a deed of ownership.