The correct answer is:
A. They showed the colonists that the British were oppressive leading to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. These acts were seen by the colonists as harsh and oppressive measures intended to punish Massachusetts and suppress dissent. This perception of British oppression significantly fueled the revolutionary sentiments among the colonists, contributing to the broader movement for independence and ultimately leading to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.