Massachusetts Colonial & Revolutionary Sites

Click black markers to explore key places in Massachusetts colonial history and the road to revolution. Use the descriptions to complete the scavenger hunt below.

Colonial Landmark Marker (site, battle location, school, memorial area, or historic district)
Tip: Read carefully—scavenger hunt answers are hidden in the details.

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This map includes important Massachusetts sites connected to early settlement, Puritan life, education, protests, and major turning points of the American Revolution. Click a marker and read the description closely.

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Scavenger Hunt: Massachusetts Colonial Sites

Use the landmark descriptions to answer these 10 multiple-choice questions. Click Submit to check your score.

1) Which site is described as the place where Patriots dumped tea into Boston Harbor in protest?



2) Which location is tied to the first bloodshed of the American Revolution (the “shot heard ’round the world” area)?



3) Which landmark is described as a key place where artillery helped force the British to leave Boston?



4) Which site is included as one of America’s earliest and most famous public parks and meeting spaces?



5) Which place is connected to early colonial education and famous alumni like John Hancock and Samuel Adams?



6) Which site is associated with the 1692 witch trials and how Salem is remembered today?



7) Which landmark marks the area of the Boston Massacre (a deadly confrontation that became Patriot propaganda)?



8) Which location is tied to the earliest English colony in New England begun by the Mayflower passengers?



9) Which place is described as a key university founded in the colonial era, reflecting Puritan goals for education?



10) Which site connects to a major Revolutionary leader who became the 2nd U.S. President?