1. Samuel Adams came
from which prominent Massachusetts family?
2. Samuel Adams's
father ran what type of business?
3. Adams held what
political office for eight years?
4. As the situation
worsened in the colonies, colonists promised to remain peaceful
if Britain granted them the liberties they had possessed under
which Massachusetts governor?
5. What newspaper
did Adams help found in 1748?
6. The objections
of Adams's Puritan mother prevented him from entering which profession?
7. Thomas Hutchinson
was once known as the "Prime Minister" of what political party?
8. Adams married
how many times?
9. What was Adams'
first public office?
10. At the height
of the controversy over the Townshend Acts, Adams arranged for
British goods to be returned to England aboard which vessels?
11. Stamp masters
who tried to perform their duties were threatened with a trip to
which Boston landmark?
12. How much were
Adams's tax collections short in 1767?
13. Prior to the
Sugar Act, what had British taxes done?
14. What group did
Adams establish to handle communications?
15. How many colonies
did not attend the Stamp Act Congress?
16. Britain repealed
what in 1766?
17. An August fourteen,
1765 mob leveled what Boston building?
18. How many children
did Adams' have?
19. What allowed
customs agents to search at will?
20. Which of the
following posts did Hutchinson NOT hold:
merchants made better profits by trading with whom other than the
22. When Parliament
repealed the Townshend Acts, they left which duty in place?
23. In 1761, who
assumed control of the Country Party?
24. Who helped defend
the soldiers accused of the Boston Massacre?
25. In 1765, Adams's
supporters managed to force Hutchinson from what post?
26. What prompted
Adams to warn in 1784 that Boston might collapse like Rome?
27. What group reprimanded
Adams in 1778 for opposing the Constitution?
28. In 1765, Adams
was elected to what post?
29. Adams served
on which group responsible for rigging elections in the 1740s?
30. Put these Acts
in the Correct Order:
31. How long did
Adams serve as governor of Massachusetts
32. The nonimportation
agreements banned trade with what country?
33. The Stamp Act
required stamps on the following EXCEPT:
34. How many people
died in the Boston Massacre?
35. How many soldiers
were convicted in the Massacre?
36. Adams held what
37. What act did
Parliament pass in response to the Boston Tea Party?
38. When Governor
Bernard fled Boston, what did he leave behind?
39. The Sons of Liberty,
who threw 342 boxes of tea into Boston Harbor, were dressed as
40. The Sugar Act
lowered taxes on what item?
41. In 1771, Britain
began to pay colonial governors with the proceeds of what bill?
42. Who did Philadelphia
declare to be "public enemies" in October 1773?
43. Adams borrowed
money to attend which conference?
44. Who arrived in
Boston in 1768?
45. What Massachusetts
resolution did the First Continental Congress adopt?
46. At Harvard College,
a portrait of whom was destroyed just before the Boston Massacre?
47. John Adams wrote
all of the Massachusetts Constitution except:
48. Adams supported
whom as commander-in-chief of the Continental forces?
49. Adams tried to
block what from coming to Boston in the 1790s?
50. What event reinspired
Adams and helped him get elected governor?