12-13-2021 to 12-17-2021

When did the Boston Massacre happen?

• 1000 B.C.

• March 5, 1770

• March 15, 1770

• March 18, 1781

Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?

• Donning Jackson

• Crispus Attucks

• Sam Adams

• John Adams

Who was the British officer on watch when the Boston Massacre occured?

• CapitanThomas Gage

• Colonel John Adams

• Captain Thomas Preston

• Sergeant Benedict Arnold

The colonists were throwing things at the British and daring them to fire their guns during the Boston Massacre.

• True

• False

Where did the Boston Massacre occur?

• Boston

• King Street

• In front of the custom house

• All of the above

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

What happened to the soldiers who shot the colonists during the Boston Massacre?

• 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.

Who was Crispus Attucks?

• A runaway slave killed in the Boston Massacre

• The captain in charge of the British soldiers

• The judge in the Boston Massacre trial

• The first British soldier to shoot a colonist

Was Paul Revere a Loyalist or Patriot?

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Neither

What is a boycott?

• an enemy

• a tax King George created

• protest in which all the people only bought British products

• protest in which people refused to buy British products