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Boston Massacre Test

Authored by NIKOLAS PERSONS

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Boston Massacre Test
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1.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify what's in this engraving:

f
g
h
i
e
d
New York city
Boston town square
Redcoat officers
Colonists victims
The moon
Colonists
Captain of redcoats
French officers
the sun

2.

HOTSPOT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which detail establishes the time of day for this scene?

3.

HOTSPOT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which detail reveals that the redcoats were ordered to shoot the colonists??

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Captain Preston's Account and the History Channel's Reenactment shared which similarities?

Redcoats tried to keep a distance with the crowd

Shouting from BOTH the redcoats and crowd

Redcoat officer struck by someone in the crowd

Crowd hit first

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Captain Preston's Account and Paul Revere's engraving shared which similarities?

Redcoats were surrounded by the crowd

Captain Preston ordered NOT to fire

Redcoat officers shot down several colonists

Crowd had weapons on them

6.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The History Channel's reenactment, which is a secondary​ source, shows ​ (a)   as guilty parties in the situation.

Paul Revere's Engraving, which is a primary source, showed the ​ (b)   as the guilty party while the ​ (c)   were victims of the situation.

Captain Thomas Preston's account, which is also a primary source, showed the colonists as the ​ (d)   while the redcoats were the ​ (e)   of the situation.


both the redcoats and colonists
redcoats
colonists
guilty party
victims

7.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Organize these details into the sources the belong to:

Groups:

(a) Source #1 History Channel

,

(b) Source #2 Revere's Engraving

,

(c) Source #3: Preston's Account

,

(d) All sources

Edward Garrick gets hit first
Captian of redcoats orders men to fire
Crispus Attucks first colonist killed
Redcoats were insulted and dared to fire by the crowd
Primary source - Redcoat perspective/bias
Captain of redcoats did not order men to fire
Snowballs thrown at redcoats
Event happens in downtown Boston
Both sides are yelling at each other
Redcoats were surrounded by the crowd
Secondary source, not from the time period
Colonists have no weapons on them
Primary source - colonist perspective/bias
Several redcoats hit by colonists
Private Montgomery hit by colonists
Shots fired by the redcoats, some colonists died
Night time setting
No sign of snow on the ground

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