B. an elected school board
Self defense because in order for them to seem more powerful and they also needed i to gain more protection.
The convention was held during a year of violence, political turbulence, and civil unrest, particularly riots in more than 100 cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4. The convention also followed the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy on June 5. Both Kennedy and Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota had been running for the Democratic nomination at the time.
The colonists requested/declared their independence from Britain due to the extreme taxes that were being imposed upon them.
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