THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
BOSTON MASSACRE DECLARATORY TOWNSHEND ACTS
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stopped trade between Boston and Britain
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stopped town meetings
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gave Britain more control over the colony’s government
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The four acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. The Quebec Act of 1774 is sometimes included as one of the Coercive Acts, although it was not related to the Boston Tea Party.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British called their responsive measures to the Boston Tea Party the Coercive Acts. Boston Harbor was closed to trade until the owners of the tea were compensated. Only food and firewood were permitted into the port. Town meetings were banned, and the authority of the royal governor was increased.
Detailed explanation-3: -British Parliament adopts the Coercive Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party. 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.
Detailed explanation-4: -the Coercive Acts, included all of the following EXCEPT: a law allowing the quartering of soldiers in private homes and other privately occupied buildings. the Coercive Acts, included all of the following EXCEPT: a law giving strong control of the Pennsylvania’s government to the king.