True or false the coercive acts it shut down Boston harbor and place the colonial government under the ground in an effort to punish Boston citizens for the Boston tea party

Answer 1

True. The Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, were a series of measures passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish the Massachusetts colony, particularly Boston, for the Boston Tea Party. One of the key measures included the Boston Port Act, which effectively shut down Boston Harbor until the tea destroyed during the Tea Party was paid for. Additionally, the Acts altered the Massachusetts charter, placing the colonial government under more direct British control.