1. The Boston Massacre started an immediate violent revolution in the American colonies. * True False 2. Britain's money problems created a need for Britain to tax the colonies. * True False 3. One of the main complaints of the colonies was that they were being taxed without representation in Parliament. True * False 4. The Tea Act gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea sold to the colonies. * True False 5. After passage of the Tea Act, the colonies bought all of the tea that they could. * True False 6. Bostonians showed their disapproval of the Tea Act by boarding three ships and destroying all of the tea aboard. True * False 7. In an effort to keep the peace, Britain did nothing after the Boston Tea Party. * True False 8. The punishment given to Boston scared the other colonies into becoming very cooperative with the British. * True False 9. By July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress passed Virginian Henry Lee's proposal for the American colonies to become an independent state. * True False 10. In May 1775, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia with the main objective of preparing for a military conflict with the British. True * False