Question

How do we know that popular opinion supported the “motley rabble of saucy boys,” as Adams referred to them?

Answer 1

Answer:

What does Adams blame as the real cause of the incident? Impressment [the practice by the British of drafting colonists into the British navy] and the quartering of troops by the British were directly hurtful to the sailors and other working people.

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