Quiz #2- American Revolution

A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in which 5 of the colonists were killed.

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Midnight Ride

• Intolerable Acts

A search warrant that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods.

• writs of assistance

• boycott

• propaganda

• committees of correspondence

The deliberate spreading of biased or misleading information to promote a particular political cause or point of view.

• committees of correspondence

• boycott

• writs of assistance

• propaganda

A force of armed citizens pledged to defend their community during the American Revolution.

• minutemen

• militia

• patriot

• loyalist

An American colonist who sided with the British in the American Revolution.

• patriot

• militia

• loyalist

• minutemen

The colonial militia that was trained to respond "at a minute's warning".

• militia

• minutemen

• writs of assistance

• propaganda

He was a lawyer who defended the Redcoats that fired the shots at the Boston Massacre.

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

• Sam Adams

• Patrick Henry

An American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution.

• loyalist

• tyrant

• propaganda

• patriot

The dumping of 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor by colonists to protest the Tea Act.

• Boston Massacre

• Tea Act

• Boston Tea Party

• Midnight Ride

He said "Give me Liberty or Give me Death".

• Paul Revere

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

• Samuel Adams