The Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre

Assessment

Interactive Video

Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

BRUCE KILMOYER

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On what date did the event known as the Boston Massacre occur?

July 4, 1776

December 16, 1773

March 5, 1770

April 19, 1775

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a primary reason for the growing frustration among American colonists by 1770?

Lack of access to new trade routes

Imposition of taxes without colonial representation in British Parliament

British soldiers refusing to protect colonists from Native American attacks

The British government encouraging slavery in the colonies

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

Are you enjoying the video lesson?

Yes

No

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first person killed during the Boston Massacre?

John Adams

Private Hugh White

Captain Thomas Preston

Crispus Attucks

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the general outcome of the trial for the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre?

All soldiers were found guilty of murder.

All soldiers were found not guilty and acquitted.

Two soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter, and six were found not guilty.

Captain Preston was found guilty, but his soldiers were acquitted.