Boston Massacre

What event does this drawing show?

• Tarring and feathering
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• American Revolution

How many colonists died in the Boston Massacre?

• 1
• 2
• 5
• 10

What was the CAUSE of the Boston Massacre? 

• To avoid conflict with Native Americans
• Colonists were angry that the British soldiers were in the colonies
• King George was in debt from the French & Indian War
• Boycott

Where did the Boston Massacre occur? 

• Philadelphia
• New York City 
• Washington D.C.
• Boston

The crowd of colonists was peaceful.

• True
• False

Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

• The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.
• Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.
• The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.
• Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.

The Stamp Act taxed _____________.

• tea
• newspapers
• sugar
• coffee

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

What two acts raised taxes?

• Sugar and Stamp

• Crazy and Wild

Which Governor enforced Parliaments’s rules in the colonies

• Philips

• Hutchinson

• Benjamin

• Sam