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WorksheetsThe Townshend Acts & The Boston Massacre
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which people in American society did the Stamp Act seem to impact directly? [Select ALL That APPLY]
Lawyers
Newspaper Owners
Tavern keepers
Merchants
By not allowing the American colonists to have representation in British Parliament, the colonists felt that their rights had been violated. What document did colonists point to when making this argument?
Proclamation of 1763
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
The mob outside the custom official's house throwing rocks had been protesting soldiers staying in colonist's homes when the 11-year-old boy was shot and killed. What Act are the American colonists protesting?
Townshend Acts
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
What did the British private do after the whig maker's apprentice poked him in the chest?
shot him
punched him
stabs him with his bayonet
hit him with his musket
The mob of Bostonians - in addition to yelling "Fire"- are throwing what at the British soldiers? [Select ALL That APPLY]
sharp oyster shells
snowballs
ice
apples
During the "Boston Massacre," why IS NOT POSSIBLE for Captain Thomas Preston to have given the order to "Fire" ?
He says "HALT" and stops the British soldiers from continuing to fire on the mob
He said he wouldn't fire to Richard Palmer, the merchant
The order to "FIRE" came from behind the soldiers. Preston was standing in front of them.
In the propaganda war between Loyalists and Boston radicals (patriots), who published an engraving showing the British soldiers purposely shooting into a "peaceful, unarmed, crowd." ?
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere
John Adams
George Washington
Why might John Adams have NOT WANTED to take the case and be the lawyer for the British soldiers who were at the Boston Massacre?
He loved King George III
He didn't believe the Boston Massacre had happened
He was British Loyalist
It would make him unpopular and hurt his business.
John Adam's argument rested on the idea that the British soldiers HAD THE RIGHT TO....
the British soldiers had the right to shoot and kill
the British soldiers had the right to self-defense
the British soldiers had the right attack the mob
the British soldiers had the right attack and kill colonists
The Boston Massacre united American colonist's anger towards, not just the British army, but also.... [Choose 2]
The Mayor of Boston
King George III
elected assemblies in the American colonies
British Government's taxes
This British Act placed a tax on goods imported from Britain to the colonies, including glass, paint, tea, paper, and lead.
Townshend Acts
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
Why did the English colonists in America view the Stamp Act and Quartering Act as a violation of their rights as a British citizen?
The American Colonists didn't want to pay higher taxes
The American Colonists disliked King George III
The American Colonists did not have representatives to vote on taxes passed in the British Parliament
