Ch. 5 Lesson 2 Quiz Review

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Twenty colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Boycotts following the Boston Massacre helped repeal the Townshend Acts.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. The committee of correspondence was a system of letter writing between the colonial governors and the king.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. At the time of the Boston Tea Party, most colonists still considered themselves British citizens.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Parliament successfully isolated Boston from the rest of the colonies by passing the Coercive Acts.

• True

• False

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 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.

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Paul Revere’s engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among the colonists?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Liberty Affair

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Which act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants?

• Declaratory Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. What was the dramatic act of defiance that some colonists celebrated?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Coercive Acts

• Intolerable Acts