History Alive Chapter 10

How did colonists react to the Stamp Act?

• They ignored it and continued their daily lives.

• They protested, and it was finally repealed.

• They accepted it without any objections.

• They celebrated its implementation.

to cancel or undo a law

• repeal

• enact

• amend

• ratify

Which act forced colonists to provide soldiers with food, transportation, and housing?

• the Stamp Act

• the Intolerable Acts

• the Quartering Act

• the Townshend Acts

Which of the following is NOT true about the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor.
People in England were shocked by this event.
It was a protest against the Tea Act.
Colonists dressed like British soldiers to disguise themselves.

• Colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor.

• People in England were shocked by this event.

• It was a protest against the Tea Act.

• Colonists dressed like British soldiers to disguise themselves.

Who created the engraving?

• Paul Revere

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

What does the engraving show?

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Signing of the Constitution

Who would have called what happened in Boston the "Boston Massacre"?

• A British soldier stationed in Boston

• An American colonist from Boston

• A loyalist merchant

• A French diplomat

a law created or passed by a government

• act

• statute

• regulation

• ordinance

In this engraving, British soldiers are shooting on a peaceful crowd. What really happened?

• Colonists threw stones and snowballs at the soldiers, called the soldiers names, like "lobsterbacks," and 5 colonists were killed, 6 were injured.

• The soldiers were attacked without any provocation and fired into the crowd indiscriminately.

• The soldiers were defending themselves against an armed mob that was threatening them.

• The crowd was protesting peacefully and the soldiers were ordered to fire without warning.

An action that shows you are against something is called

• protest

• celebration

• agreement

• endorsement