The Paxton Boys were

a. an Irish gang in the slums of Philadelphia.
b. a militia organization in Western New York.
c. a vigilante group of Scots-Irish settlers killing Conestoga Indians in retaliation for Indian raids.
d. a group of German missionaries determined to convert the tribes of Western Pennsylvania.


ANSWER: c

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