Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and rouse the Minutemen. British troops arrived at the town to find a 77-man-strong militia waiting for them. the “shot heard around the world” was fired. When the brief Battle of Lexington ended, there were few causalities. The American Revolution begun.

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The legal effect of the presence of a superseding event is that:

kolbaska11 [484]

The defendant is not liable even if the plaintiff provides all the elements of negligence.

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landownership was important for social mobility and political standing during the early republic. identify the reasons for this.

MatroZZZ [7]

Land ownership was important for social mobility and political standing during the early republic because:

Many states still had property ownership in qualifications for voting.
Many in the founding generation believed that widespread landownership would serve to equalize the social classes.

Land ownership quite simply is the ownership of a piece of land or lands that can be rented, sold, given out on lease, etc.

During the early republic, there was a need for people to own land as this was considered good for political status and social standing because:

Land was an important factor that was needed in order to vote
Land ownership would help people become more accepted in higher social classes, etc