Question

What is the historical relevance of the Paxton Boys?

Answer 1

Major massacre of Indians...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxton_Boys

Answer 2

The adventure of the Paxton Boys was important for two reasons. First, it was a measure of the hostility that had developed between frontiersman and Indian; many white settlers concluded during Pontiac’s Rebellion that the races could not live together. Removal and extinction were the only solutions. Second, the march on Philadelphia was an early example of regional and social tension. Later American history would reflect further cases of the strain between the urban and rural, the haves versus the have-nots and the newcomers against the establishment.
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1188.html