Boston Massacre/Boston Tea Party Quiz

What was thrown at soldiers to start the Boston Massacre?

• Manure
• Snowballs
• Paper
• Hay

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

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

How many tons of tea were thrown overboard during the Boston Tea Party?

• 400

• 4

• 45

• 10

Why was the phrase “taxation without representation” so important to the revolutionary cause?

• Great Britain would have ended taxation if colonists had kept the peace
• Colonists did not believe Parliament could tax them without their consent
• Colonists believed that Great Britain should only tax certain items
• Great Britain only taxed the colonists to force them into war

How many colonists died at the Boston Massacre?

• 500

• 100

• 5

• None

What event does this drawing show?

• Tarring and feathering
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• American Revolution

The Stamp Act taxed _____________.

• tea
• paper

• sugar
• coffee

Which of the following best explains why the British Parliament passed the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?

• To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
• To reduce colonial dependence on expensive paper products
• To pay for the French and Indian War
• To make British tax policies more fair

Colonists formed Committees of Correspondence in order to:

• Protest to Parliament in writing
• Write to the King of England asking him to intervene on their behalf
• Write new laws giving Americans more freedom
• Establish communication chains among colonial town about resistance efforts