Chapter 5, Lesson 2 Quiz: The Road to War

Which event started the Boston Massacre?

• British soldiers fired on a crowd of angry colonists.

• Colonists attacked and killed British soldiers.

• Native Americans were attacked by land-seeking colonists.

• Colonists threw barrels of tea into Boston Harbor.

How many colonists died as a result of the Boston Massacre?

• Seven

• Five

• Ten

• Three

Which of the following describes how many of the colonies responded after the Boston Massacre?

• They started paying taxes.

• They declared war on Britain.

• They started to organize and unite.

• They asked France for military support.

Who helped organize a Committee of Correspondence and was a leader in the Sons of Liberty?

• John Adams

• Thomas Gage

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

Which of the following most likely influenced Britain’s passage of the Coercive Acts?

• Boston Tea Party and Tea Act

• Townshend Acts and the Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre

• First Continental Congress and Declaration of Rights

Why is the First Continental Congress significant?

• It showed that the colonies had a plan in place to wage war and defeat Britain.

• It was the first time that the colonies organized before the Revolution broke out.

• It showed Britain that the colonies would likely go to war if their demands were not met.

• It reinforced to the colonies that they needed equal representation in Congress from Patriots and Loyalists.

Why did colonists resent the new taxes imposed by Parliament after 1763?

• because the tax money would not be used to benefit the colonies.

• because the colonists did not have a say in Parliament.

• because the taxes were higher than the colonists could afford.

• because people who lived in Britain did not have to pay taxes.

What was the name of the new laws that the Bristish imposed on the colonies, as a result of The Boston Tea Party?

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Townshend Act

• The Boston Tea Party

• The First Continental Congress

A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the King and the British (England's) cause.

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Englishman

• Traitor

A colonist who favored independence from Great Britain and war against Britain

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Ally

• War Hawk