Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of the Boston Massacre

1. The event that would be called the Boston Massacre transpired on March 5, 1770. American colonists had gathered outside what building in Boston?

First U.S. Bank

Bank of England

Customs House

Quarry Hall

Bunker Hill

2. What did the British call the Boston Massacre?

Incident on King Street

British Massacre

Act Against Civility

Colonial Aggression

Just Desserts

3. The passage of what act angered the denizens of Boston so much that British troops had to be sent to occupy the city?

Stamp Act

Townsend Act

Sugar Act

Molasses Act

Tea Act

4. In order to rally support for the Bostonians' cause, what future midnight rider made an engraving showing the incident in lurid detail?

Henry Pelham

John Adams

Samuel Adams

Paul Revere

Benjamin Adams

5. While the colonists did not bear arms, they provoked the British by throwing what?

Paper

Sorghum

Tea

Salt

Snowballs

6. How many colonists were killed in the massacre?

Two

Five

Ten

Twenty

Sixty

7. The British soldiers had difficulties finding legal representation. What future president took up their case?

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

John Adams

James Madison

John Hancock

8. What was the legal punishment issued for the soldiers found guilty of manslaughter?

Branding

Hanging

Quartering

Impressment

Prison

9. What incident followed the Boston Massacre by three years?

Lexington and Concord

Bunker Hill

Independence

Statehood

Boston Tea Party

10. Five years after the Boston Massacre, what battle touched off the Revolution?

The Battles of Lexington and Concord

Battle of Bunker Hill

Battle of Dorchester Heights

Battle of Boston

Battle of Long Island