The Intolerable Acts

What part of the Coercive Acts is the British official reading?

• Act 1: Boston Harbor will be closed to all shipping.  No ships in or out.

• Act 2: which banned all town meetings

• Act 3: which said that government officials would have a trial in England.

The British official just announced that all British officials accused of a crime would be transported to England for a fair hearing (trial). The colonists called this the "Murder Act". Which act of the Coercive Acts is this a part of?

• Act 1

• Act 2

• Act 3

The officials just said that British soldiers would be housed (quartered) with Massachusetts colonists. Which act was that in the Coercive Acts?

• Act 4: Quartering Act

• Act 3: Murder Act

• Act 1: Boston Harbor Act

What meeting is the tall man speaking of?

• 1st Continental Congress

• Stamp Act Congress

• 2nd Continental Congress

What incident is the British official speaking of?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Stamp Act

The man speaking now is John Adams. John Adams was a lawyer who represented eight British soldiers after a major fight broke out in Boston and five colonists were killed. What fight am I talking about?

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Stamp Act

What decision do you think John Adams will make after this discussion with his "old friend"? 

• Convince his fellow colonists to obey the Coercive Acts

• Go to Philadelphia to represent Massachusetts at the 1st Continental Congress to discuss ways to protest the Coercive Acts