they wanted to control the 13 colonies and they wanted to benefit themselves
In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts and seen by the colonists as one of the Intolerable Acts.
Britain enacted Coercive Acts on the Massachusetts colonists as a punishment for throwing a large shipment of tea into Boston harbor. The colonists referred to the laws as Intolerable Acts.
they wanted to control the 13 colonies and they wanted to benefit themselves
they wanted to control the 13 colonies and they wanted to benefit themselves
they wanted to control the 13 colonies and they wanted to benefit themselves
they wanted to control the 13 colonies and they wanted to benefit themselves
they wanted to control the 13 colonies and they wanted to benefit themselves
they wanted to control the 13 colonies and they wanted to benefit themselves
they wanted to control the 13 colonies and they wanted to benefit themselves
they wanted to control the 13 colonies and they wanted to benefit themselves
Britain passed the new laws because of the Boston tea party. They did this to punish the people of Boston for dumping tea in the ocean
Britain passed the Intolerable Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party, to punish the colonists and assert control over them. These laws were seen as harsh and oppressive by the colonists, as they restricted their rights and imposed penalties on Massachusetts in particular.