Ch. 6 Lesson 2 Quiz

Twenty colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre.

• True

• False

Boycotts following the Boston Massacre helped repeal the Townshend Acts.

• True

• False

The committee of correspondence was a system of letter writing between the colonial governors and the king.

• True

• False

At the time of the Boston Tea Party, most colonists still considered themselves British citizens.

• True

• False

Parliament successfully isolated Boston from the colonies by passing the Coercive Acts.

• True

• False

When Britain learned that the colonies were on the brink of rebellion in 1768, what was Parliament's response?

• Parliament closed Boston Harbor

• Parliament did nothing

• Parliament sent a letter to the colonies

• Parliament sent troops to Boston

Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feeling among the colonists?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Liberty Affair

Which act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants?

• Declaratory Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

What was the dramatic act of defiance that some colonists celebrated?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Coercive Acts

• Intolerable Acts

What was the colonial name for laws that banned town meetings in New England?

• Boston Tea Party

• Coercive Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Navigation Acts