Chapter 5 Lesson 2

The Boston Massacre can be characterized as a __________.

• War

• Reenactment

• Misunderstanding

Which of the following describes how many of the colonies responded after the Boston Massacre?

• They declared war on Britain.

• They started to organize and unite.

• They asked France for military support.

Who helped organize a Committee of Correspondence and was a leader in the Sons of Liberty?

• Thomas Gage

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

Which of the following most likely influenced Britain’s passage of the Coercive Acts?

• Boston Tea Party and Tea Act

• Townshend Acts and the Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre

Why is the First Continental Congress significant?

• It showed that the colonies had a plan in place to wage war and defeat Britain.

• It was the first time that the colonies organized before the Revolution broke out.

• It showed Britain that the colonies would likely go to war if their demands were not met.

Which of the following illustrates a form of protests against British taxation of the colonies?

• Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan.

• The Sons of Liberty formed as a secret group.

• The Daughters of Liberty spun their own cloth.

One of five colonists killed due to the Boston Massacre was ________.

• Crispus Attucks

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

The purposeful killing of many people is a/an ____.

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Militia

• Massacre

Local armies of colonists are called ______.

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Malitia

• Massacre

A colonist who opposed Britain's actions and policies before and during the American Revolutions is a /an  _____.

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Militia

• Massacre