The "doctrine of free will" blended easily with political ideas about democracy and independence because it taught people that their actions would have consequences.
It was primarily the The Townshend Acts that were set in place by British Parliament that led to the Boston Massacre, since these acts called for the taxing of the colonists to pay the salaries of governors and judges in the colonies who were loyal to Britain.
"(2) monitoring persons suspected of endangering national security" was something that the federal government did in <span>response to Cold War tensions after World War II and again in response to the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks.</span>
