The correct answer is C. to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party. The Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, were passed by the British Parliament in 1774 as a direct response to the Boston Tea Party, where colonists protested against British taxation by dumping tea into Boston Harbor. The Acts aimed to suppress dissent and restore order in the colonies.
why did Parliament pass the Coercive Acts?
A. to take power away from the colonial governor
B. to withdraw all british forces from Boston
C. to punish colonists for the boston Tea party
D. to blockade all colonial seaports
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