History GCSE
Paxton Boys
What Paxton Boys means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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An illegal vigilante group formed in Pennsylvania in response to ongoing frontier violence, which massacred peaceful Conestoga Indians and marched on Philadelphia.
Topics that use Paxton Boys
- Option P2: Key topic 2: A disrupted society, 1742–64 - 3 The aftermath of the French and Indian war (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- British imperial policy
- Colonial identity
- Colonial rights and representation
- Economic tension and taxation
- Ideological division
- Salutary neglect
- The end of salutary neglect
- Conestoga Indians
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