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. Design and construction Slavery Challenges in Mexico Silas Deane Connecticut 1 Yes In February 1768 the Assembly of Massachusetts Bay issued a circular letter to the other colonies urging them to coordinate resistance the governor dissolved the assembly when it refused to rescind the letter Meanwhile a riot broke out in Boston in June 1768 over the seizure of the sloop Liberty owned by John Hancock for alleged smuggling Customs officials were forced to flee prompting the British to deploy troops to Boston a Boston town meeting declared that no obedience was due to parliamentary laws and called for the convening of a convention a convention assembled but only issued a mild protest before dissolving itself in January 1769 Parliament responded to the unrest by reactivating the Treason Act 1543 which called for subjects outside the realm to face trials for treason in England the governor of Massachusetts was instructed to collect evidence of said treason and the threat caused widespread outrage though it was not carried out, In July 1861 the US issued paper currency for the first time the currency became known greenbacks because it was printed in green on the reverse side. A total of about 7000 to 8000 Patriots served on "Committees of Correspondence" at the colonial and local levels comprising most of the leadership in their communities Loyalists were excluded the committees became the leaders of the American resistance to British actions and largely determined the war effort at the state and local level When the First Continental Congress decided to boycott British products the colonial and local Committees took charge examining merchant records and publishing the names of merchants who attempted to defy the boycott by importing British goods; . Strong governors with veto power over the legislature and substantial appointment authority, A new ministry under Lord North came to power in 1770 and Parliament withdrew all taxes except the tax on tea giving up its efforts to raise revenue while maintaining the right to tax This temporarily resolved the crisis and the boycott of British goods largely ceased with only the more radical patriots such as Samuel Adams continuing to agitate, One of the contributing factors to loss of the war by Mexico was the inferiority of their weapons the Mexican army was using surplus British muskets (e.g Brown Bess) from the Napoleonic Wars period While at the beginning of the war the majority of American soldiers were still equipped with the very similar Springfield 1816 flintlock muskets more reliable caplock models gained large inroads within the rank and file as the conflict progressed Some US troops carried radically modern weapons that gave them a significant advantage over their Mexican counterparts such as the Springfield 1841 rifle of the Mississippi Rifles and the Colt Paterson revolver of the Texas Rangers in the later stages of the war the US Mounted Rifles were issued Colt Walker revolvers of which the US Army had ordered 1,000 in 1846 Most significantly throughout the war the superiority of the US artillery often carried the day While technologically Mexican and American artillery operated on the same plane US army training as well as the quality and reliability of their logistics gave US guns and cannoneers a significant edge.[citation needed]. 11.6 Commemorations The District's four NCAA Division I teams American Eagles George Washington Colonials Georgetown Hoyas and Howard Bison and Lady Bison have a broad following the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team is the most notable and also plays at the Capital One Arena From 2008 to 2012 the District hosted an annual college football bowl game at RFK Stadium called the Military Bowl the D.C area is home to one regional sports television network Comcast SportsNet (CSN) based in Bethesda Maryland. Committees The Act specified that the laws of the state from which the area was ceded would apply in the federal district meaning that Maryland laws applied on the eastern side of the Potomac while Virginia laws applied on the western side in the District of Columbia until the government officially took residence Upon assuming control of the federal district in 1800 Congress would have full authority over local matters within the District of Columbia.