USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The four acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.

Detailed explanation-2: -In retribution, they passed the Coercive Acts (later known as the Intolerable Acts) which: closed Boston Harbor until the tea lost in the Boston Tea Party was paid for. ended the Massachusetts Constitution and ended free elections of town officials.

Detailed explanation-3: -The main force of its actions fell on Boston, which seemed to be the centre of colonial hostility. First, the British government, angered by the Boston Tea Party (1773), passed the Boston Port Bill, closing that city’s harbour until restitution was made for the destroyed tea.

Detailed explanation-4: -Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots, on March 28, 1774. The Coercive Acts were a series of four acts established by the British government.

Detailed explanation-5: -It was direct punishment to the city of Boston for the Boston Tea Party. The act closed the port of Boston to all ships until the colonists paid for the tea they dumped into the harbor. Many felt that this punishment was unfair because it punished all the citizens of Boston for a crime that only a few committed.