Which group attacked Conestoga and killed six?

• A. Sons of Liberty.
• B. Loyalists in Boston.
• C. British soldiers.
• D. Paxton Boys.

Answer: (D)

Frontier violence and how colonial authorities handled Native American relations are the idea behind this item. The attack on the Conestoga was carried out by the Paxton Boys, a group of frontier settlers in Pennsylvania. In 1763 they rode into Lancaster and killed six members of the Conestoga (Susquehannock) community that had taken refuge there. This event shows how settlers on the edge of colonial society sometimes took matters into their own hands to retaliate or express demands for stronger protection, even when the established authorities preferred restraint and negotiated approaches with Native nations. The other groups listed were involved in different parts of colonial history and did not carry out this massacre.