To gain support for the revolutionaries. The story was exaggerated, but the American people bought it. It was used as a recruitment/propaganda campaign to turn as many people against the British occupation as possible.
This statement is the most accurate:
<span>They were considered property; similar to a horse. </span>
Just by common sense we can rule out both C and B because neither of those make sense for this case. High population really doesn’t matter. So the most logical answer is D. Mostly Defending Familiar Territory
Was an economic theory which believed that the wealthier and nation was particularly in terms of possession of gold and other precious metals that could be minted into coins more powerful it would be in international terms