USS2.3 Boston Massacre Review

What did the Declaratory Act of 1766 state?

• Parliament had no right to tax the colonies
• Parliament had the right to make laws “in all cases whatsoever”
• Colonists could elect representatives to Parliament
• Colonists would never be taxed again

Answer explanation

Parliament wanted to assert complete authority over the colonies after repealing the Stamp Act.

Why did Parliament pass the Declaratory Act?

• To punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
• To declare Britain’s authority after repealing the Stamp Act
• To reward colonists for boycotts
• To allow colonies independence

Answer explanation

The Act followed the repeal of the Stamp Act and reminded colonists that Parliament still had full power over them.

The Townshend Duties placed taxes on which goods?

• Cotton, tobacco, and wheat
• Glass, paint, paper, and tea
• Iron, coal, and wood
• Sugar, molasses, and rum

Answer explanation

The duties taxed imported items colonists needed daily, like glass and tea, to raise revenue.

How did many colonists respond to the Townshend Duties?

• They accepted the taxes
• They stopped trading with France
• They organized boycotts of British goods
• They asked Spain for support

Answer explanation

Colonists boycotted imported goods, hurting British merchants, to protest “taxation without representation.”

Why were British troops sent to occupy Boston in 1768?

• To protect colonists from Native Americans
• To enforce British laws and protect customs officials
• To prepare for war with France
• To help colonists collect taxes

Answer explanation

Soldiers were stationed in Boston to enforce unpopular laws and protect officials from angry colonists.

The presence of British troops in Boston led to

• Lower taxes
• Increased tension between soldiers and colonists
• Peaceful cooperation
• Colonists moving west of the Appalachians

Answer explanation

Many colonists resented the soldiers, leading to fights and eventually the Boston Massacre.

What happened at the Boston Massacre in 1770?

• British soldiers killed five colonists during a protest
• Colonists destroyed a ship full of tea
• Colonists signed a peace treaty with Britain
• British Parliament ended all taxes

Answer explanation

Soldiers fired into a crowd of protesting colonists, killing five and fueling colonial outrage.

How did Paul Revere’s engraving portray the Boston Massacre?

• As a violent attack by British soldiers on helpless colonists
• As an accident where both sides were to blame
• As a peaceful protest
• As a meeting between colonists and British officials

Answer explanation

Revere’s engraving exaggerated British guilt and colonist innocence, turning the event into propaganda.

Why is Paul Revere’s engraving considered biased?

• It shows British soldiers as innocent
• It exaggerates the colonists’ violence
• It shows only one side of the story
• It was created by Parliament

Answer explanation

The engraving emphasized British aggression while ignoring colonists’ role, making it one-sided.

Even though Revere’s engraving is biased, it is still reliable because it shows

• The exact number of shots fired
• How colonists used propaganda to spread anger against Britain
• The names of every person killed
• A British perspective on the event

Answer explanation

It reveals how patriots shaped public opinion and rallied colonists against Britain.