- 1. When did the Boston Massacre occur?
A) March 5, 1770
B) April 19, 1775
C) July 4, 1776
D) September 3, 1783
- 2. Which British regiment was involved in the Boston Massacre?
A) 29th Regiment of Foot
B) Blues and Royals
C) Royal Welch Fusiliers
D) Coldstream Guards
- 3. Who was the first casualty of the Boston Massacre?
A) Thomas Hutchinson
B) John Adams
C) Crispus Attucks
D) Samuel Adams
- 4. How many colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre?
A) 10
B) 2
C) 8
D) 5
- 5. Who was the British captain in charge of the soldiers during the Boston Massacre?
A) George Washington
B) Thomas Preston
C) John Hancock
D) Paul Revere
- 6. Who defended the British soldiers during their trial following the Boston Massacre?
A) Thomas Paine
B) Patrick Henry
C) Samuel Adams
D) John Adams
- 7. Which engraving, created by Paul Revere, exaggerated the events of the Boston Massacre?
A) The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
B) The Boston Tea Party
C) The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street
D) The Battle of Bunker Hill
- 8. Who was the governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston Massacre?
A) Samuel Adams
B) John Adams
C) Thomas Hutchinson
D) John Hancock
- 9. Who is believed to have been the one to give the order to 'fire' during the Boston Massacre?
A) Paul Revere
B) George Washington
C) Captain Thomas Preston
D) John Adams
- 10. Who was the political cartoonist who created engravings portraying the Boston Massacre in a biased light?
A) John Singleton Copley
B) Paul Revere
C) Benjamin West
D) Gilbert Stuart
- 11. Which British commander stationed the troops in Boston that later led to the Boston Massacre?
A) Benedict Arnold
B) Thomas Gage
C) George Washington
D) John Burgoyne
- 12. What was the occupation of Samuel Gray, one of the victims of the Boston Massacre?
A) Merchant
B) Tailor
C) Blacksmith
D) Ropemaker
- 13. Which law required colonists to house British soldiers, leading to increased tension in Boston?
A) Intolerable Acts
B) Stamp Act
C) Quartering Act
D) Townshend Acts
- 14. Which of the following colonies organized a committee to investigate the Boston Massacre?
A) Massachusetts
B) Virginia
C) Pennsylvania
D) New York
- 15. Which British act had escalated tensions leading up to the Boston Massacre?
A) Sugar Act
B) Stamp Act
C) Townshend Acts
D) Intolerable Acts
- 16. The Boston Massacre marked a turning point in what event?
A) Industrial Revolution
B) French Revolution
C) American Revolution
D) Russian Revolution
- 17. How many British soldiers were eventually acquitted of manslaughter charges related to the Boston Massacre?
A) 6
B) 4
C) 8
D) 2
- 18. Which British King was on the throne during the Boston Massacre?
A) George IV
B) William IV
C) George III
D) George II
- 19. Which of the following was not one of the roles that colonists used to refer to the events at the Boston Massacre?
A) Incident at King's Street
B) Tea Party
C) Incident on King Street
D) Bloody Monday
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