The Boston Massacre started because
SS ch 7 lessons 3 & 4

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5th Grade
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Hard
Lori Norman
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
people wanted to have soldiers in Boston
a crowd yelled and threw snowballs at soldiers
Parliament passed the Tea Act
5 colonists were killed
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Committees of Correspondence were formed to
share news and ideas with other colonies
tell the British what colonists were doing
throw tea in the Boston Harbor
stop paying the British taxes
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Sons of Liberty held the Boston Tea Party because Britain
passed the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
stopped all trade between Boston and Britain
forced people to quarter soldiers in their homes
tried to make the colonists pay a tax on tea
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where was the first fight between colonists and British soldiers?
Bunker Hill
Lexington and Concord
Breed's Hill
Fort Ticonderoga
5.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What was sent to King George asking for a peaceful resolution to the conflict?
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did the militia lose the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Washington told them to stop fighting
They ran away
There were too many British soldiers
They ran out of ammunition
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is true about 1775?
An army of trained soldiers was created to win a war against Britain.
No one wanted to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
The patriots had no weapons or ammunition.
People in Boston were happy to quarter British soldiers.
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