the correct answer is 
b. a ruling family that remains in power for many years
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Answer:
4
Explanation:
If you have to explain it, just comment but its definitely 4. 
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Congress passed a serious of neutrality acts in the late 1930’s
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
[See Below] 
Explanation:
✦ The Boston Massacre and why they open fired:
   ✧ They open fired because the colonists were throwing things, insulting them, and pretty much getting extremely violent, so they open fired because they felt threatened and at risk for their lives. Yet this wasn't the only brawl. There were many before this but they lead up to this. 
   ✧ The reason the crowd was so angry and the brawl started was because days before a boy was shot by a British loyalist, who accidently shot him when being attacked by a mob. 
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