The Boston Massacre

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6th - 7th Grade

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J McLean

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5 Slides • 21 Questions

Multiple Choice

In what century was America colonized?

18th century

19th century

17th century

16th century

Multiple Choice

Who did the English think needed to pay the bill for the wars fought?

The king

The English people

The Warring nations

The colonists

Multiple Select

The Stamp Act placed taxes on ......

Paper

Playing cards

Barrels of tea

Journals

Pamphlets

Fill in the Blanks

The people cried out

Type answer...

when they were given the Stamp Act.

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the war that made Britain go into massive debt?

The Seven Years War

The Revolutionary War

The Civil War

War bewteen the coutries

Multiple Select

The colonists were angry over having to be forced ....

House soldiers

Pay soldiers

Feed soldiers

Be soldiers

Multiple Select

The colonists were angry over having to be forced ....

House soldiers

Pay soldiers

Feed soldiers

Be soldiers

Multiple Choice

When did the Boston Massacre happen?

1000 B.C.

March 5, 1770

March 15, 1770

April 18, 1781

Multiple Choice

Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?

Hector

Crispus Attucks

Sam Adams

John Adams

Multiple Choice

Ideas, information. Distributed for purpose of winning people over, often without truth or fairness.

Propaganda

Debate

Newspaper

Political Cartoons

Multiple Choice

True or False: The colonists were throwing things at the British and daring them to fire their guns.

True

False

Multiple Choice

Who was the British officer of the watch when the shooting occurred?

Captain Morgan

Colonel John Adams

Captain Thomas Preston

Sergeant Benedict Arnold

General Thomas Gage

Multiple Choice

What happened immediately following the incident?

The Americans gathered arms and attacked the British soldiers killing hundreds.

The colonists dispersed and returned to their homes.

The British tore through the town, destroying shops and homes.

The Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and threw their tea into the water.

The colonists rioted and looted, burning down much of the city.

Multiple Choice

Where did the Boston Massacre occur?

Boston

King Street

In front of the custom house

All of the above

None of the above

Multiple Choice

Who is responsible for this rendering of the events on March 5, 1770?

Sam Adams

Paul Revere

John Adams

John Hancock

Multiple Choice

Captain Preston claimed that he was standing behind his men and gave no ________ to fire.

command

excuse

reason

gun

Multiple Choice

Which well-known Patriot represented the British soldiers in a trial after the Boston Massacre? It was not that he liked the British soldiers but he wanted to prove that even a British soldier could get a fair trial in America.

Sam Adams

John Hancock

Paul Revere

John Adams

Multiple Choice

How many British soldiers were arrested?

Multiple Choice

What happened to the soldiers who shot the colonists?

They all returned to England without having to go to trial.

They were tarred and feathered by a colonist mob.

They remained in jail under after the Revolutionary War.

Six went free while two were found guilty of manslaughter.

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the latest tax that the British had imposed on the American colonies?

Adams Act

Stamp Act

Sugar Act

Townshend Acts

King Street Acts

Multiple Choice

How many British soldiers were convicted of being guilty of manslaughter?

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