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How did British react to the Boston Tea Party?

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The British responded to the Boston Tea Party by making the Intolerable Acts which closed the Boston Ports and destroyed the Massachusetts government. King George the Third passed the intolerable acts because he as well as parliament saw it as a criminal action.

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Parliament passed the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) in 1774.

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The british made the selling of tea illegal and the killed some of the americans that were dressed as indians

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