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Technically they were the policemen and the firemen of Rome at the time.
Their purpose was "to counterbalance the enormous power of the Praetorian Guard in the city of Rome"
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1. In October 1765, representatives from nine colonies met to petition the British government to deny Parliament's power to tax the colonies. ... The repeal of the Stamp Act temporarily quieted colonial protests, but there was renewed resistance to the new taxes imposed in 1767 under the Townshend Acts.
2. The Communications Commission promoted manufacturing in the 13 colonies and advised the colonists not to buy goods imported from Britain. The goal of the correspondence committees across the 13 colonies was to inform voters of the common threats they faced from their home country, Britain.
3. Although resented, the Sugar Act tax was hidden in the cost of import duties, and most colonists accepted it. The Stamp Act, however, was a direct tax on the colonists and led to an uproar in America over an issue that was to be a major cause of the Revolution: taxation without representation.
4. The colonists protested the aid order, saying it violated their rights as British citizens.
1. Matter as in a physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.
2. Matter as in an affair or situation under consideration; a topic
The Social Security Administration creates the poverty threshold by d) it selects the lowest income bracket from the U.S. Census. The Social Security Administration is defined as "an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivors' benefits."
