{"id":7917,"date":"2024-09-24T21:54:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T15:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=7917"},"modified":"2024-09-25T00:45:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:45:43","slug":"what-event-triggered-the-boston-massacre","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-event-triggered-the-boston-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"What event triggered the Boston Massacre?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1563],"subject":[19,1611],"class_list":["post-7917","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-boston-massacre","subject-history","subject-usa-history"],"mcq_note":"<strong>The Boston Massacre was triggered primarily by the presence of British soldiers in Boston, which escalated tensions between the colonists and British authorities.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn March 1770, a confrontation arose as a group of colonists began mocking and throwing snowballs at a British sentry. This led to a chaotic scene where British troops fired into the crowd, killing five colonists. The event galvanized anti-British sentiments and propaganda, serving as a significant catalyst for the American Revolution and highlighting colonial grievances against British rule.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"The Intolerable Acts"},{"right":"yes","answer":"The presence of British soldiers"},{"right":"no","answer":"The Tea Act"},{"right":"no","answer":"The Stamp Act"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":19,"title":"History","slug":"history"},{"id":1611,"title":"History of the United States","slug":"usa-history"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1563,"title":"Boston Massacre","slug":"boston-massacre"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/7917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=7917"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=7917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}