THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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The ____ Acts were passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party protest.
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Terrible
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Intolerable
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Hateful
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for 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: -The Boston Tea Party pushed Britain’s Parliament to assert its authority-and it passed the Intolerable Acts in 1774.
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