What did England do to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

What did England do to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

• A. Coercive Acts
• B. Intolerable Acts
• C. Stamp Act
• D. Navigation Acts

Answer: (A)

Britain answered the Boston Tea Party with the Coercive Acts in 1774, a package of laws aimed at punishing Massachusetts and deterring further rebellion. The main move, the Boston Port Act, closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for, crippling the city’s economy. Other measures tightened royal control over Massachusetts, restricting self-government, allowing royal officials to be tried in Britain, and enabling troops to be housed in colonial facilities. While colonists called the same package the Intolerable Acts, the official name used by Parliament was Coercive Acts. The Stamp Act and Navigation Acts were earlier laws with different aims, not the punitive response to the Tea Party.

Britain answered the Boston Tea Party with the Coercive Acts in 1774, a package of laws aimed at punishing Massachusetts and deterring further rebellion. The main move, the Boston Port Act, closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for, crippling the city’s economy. Other measures tightened royal control over Massachusetts, restricting self-government, allowing royal officials to be tried in Britain, and enabling troops to be housed in colonial facilities. While colonists called the same package the Intolerable Acts, the official name used by Parliament was Coercive Acts. The Stamp Act and Navigation Acts were earlier laws with different aims, not the punitive response to the Tea Party.