The first major action of the Sons of Liberty was to protest the Stamp Act. They took direct action by harassing the stamp tax distributors who worked for the British government. The distributors became so scared of the Sons of Liberty that many of them quit their jobs.
There exist a similar question which goes like,
A jury trial ___.
The remaining items in the question above happen to be the choices. The answer to this item is letter "A.. happens at the trial or district court level."
Thomas Paine's response to the argument that the British have protected America is with the book 'Common Sense'
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