BOSTON MASSACRE

1. On the same day that Parliament repealed most of

the _________________ __ , a bloody riot exploded in Boston.

• SUGAR ACTS

• TOWNSHEND ACTS

2. Clashes between Bostonians and British soldiers were both consistent and __________________________________ .

• VIOLENT

• SUPPORTIVE

3. British soldiers began viewing Bostonians as even more rebellious than the _____________________________________ .

• FRENCH

• IRISH

4. Many British soldiers sought to take on a _______________________________ .

• SECOND JOB

• HOUSING

5. A British officer ordered the town magistrate to read the

___________________________________ , but he refused out of fear for his life.

• RIOT ACT

• STAMP ACT

6. Following the massacre, the city tinkered on the brink of a ________________________________ .

• BLOOD BATH

• BOYCOTT

7. Boston’s_________________ outnumbered the British soldiers 5 to 1.

• DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY

• SONS OF LIBERTY

8. British troops were_________________________ from Boston,

and those involved were put on trial for murder.

• WITHDRAWN

• DEVASTATED

9. ________________________ defended the seven British soldiers during the trial.

• SAMUEL ADAMS

• JOHN ADAMS

10. Two British soldiers had their ______________ branded for killing people in the crowd “by accident” .

• THUMBS

• ARM