USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did Great Britian impose the Intolerable Acts?
A
TheBritish issued what the colonist called the Intolerable Acts which included four punitive acts designedto punish the Massachusetts colonist for hanging the effegies of Parliment leaders and royal governors..
B
The British issued what the colonist called the Intolerable Acts which included four punitive acts designed to punish the Massachusetts colonist for not being Loyalists.
C
The British issued what the colonist called the Intolerable Acts which included four punitive acts designed to punish the Massachusetts colonist for not buying stamps to place on their letters, newspapers and documents.
D
TheBritish issued what the colonist called the Intolerable Acts which included four punitive acts designedto punish the Massachusetts colonist for the Boston Tea Party.
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 British were angry about the Boston Tea Party so they passed the Coercive Acts to punish Boston. The colonists called them the Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts closed the port of Boston so that goods could not be shipped in or out, and it took power away from leaders in Massachusetts.

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