In this quote from president truman, the "outside pressures" which might attempt to subjugate free peoples are most likely from a) latin america. b) western europe. c) communist powers. d) newly independent african countries.

C) Communist powers.

Explanation:

President  Harry Truman was the US leader of the beginning of the Cold War. The former allied the Soviet Union turned into a bitter rival of the US and the West following the end of the WWII. The Soviet Union had a powerful army and it had control of Eastern Europe. At the time, Western Europe was afraid of Soviet expansion. All of this turned into a world rivalry between two superpowers, and the US, guided by the doctrine of containment, opposed Communist advance around the globe.

#1)

June 29, 1767 – the British Parliament Passes the Townshend Acts

October 1, 1768 - British Troops Start Arriving to Boston

March 5, 1770 - The Boston Massacre Occurs

October 24-30, 1770 - The Trial of Captain Preston

November 27 - Dec 14, 1770 - the Trial of the British Soldiers

#2)

Sam Adams and Paul Revere used propaganda to rally colonists after the Boston Massacre by portraying the massacre as a blood thirsty slaughter of innocents and that an officer gave orders to fire on an orderly crowd. ... After delegates endorsed the resolves other colonies also organized militias.