Sons of Liberty

Question 1

Who successfully delivered to Concord the colonial message that British troops were on their way on April 18, 1775?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Samuel Prescott

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the events of the Boston Massacre?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Boston townspeople attacked British soldiers, who shot five colonists.

Question 3

In 1765, Britain’s Parliament passed a tax on colonial newspapers and pamphlets called the

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Stamp Act.

Question 4

How did the Massachusetts Government Act of 1774 change the way Massachusetts was governed?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It banned colonial assembly.

Question 5

Which of the following is a true statement about the Boston Massacre?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It became a rallying point for anti-British feeling.

Question 6

Which of the following statements best explains the significance of the Battle of Lexington?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The Battle of Lexington started the American Revolution.

Question 7

Which of the following best explains why Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Colonists’ boycotts of British goods were hurting British trade.

Question 8

When colonists boycotted British goods under the Stamp Act, they

Revolt · Accepted Answer

refused to participate in buying stamps.

Question 9

In response to British control of Boston in 1775, colonists

Revolt · Accepted Answer

formed armed militias.

Question 10

After the Boston Massacre, the colonies organized

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Committees of Correspondence to respond to growing disputes.

Sons of Liberty Answers