The Tea Act was passed in 1773, before the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the tea act, as tea smugglers and merchants were afraid cheap tea would put them out of business. Since it was the reason for the Boston Tea Party, it could not be a punishment for Massachusetts.
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Because the British Parliament wanted to punish Bostonians for such things as doing the Boston Tea Party.
The pariament punished Boston by passing the intolerable acts. They wanted colonists to pay for the lost tea. Sources: history book
parliament allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to colonists.
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the answer is because Boston would be punished and the parliament decided to close the port of Boston until the colonists paid for their tea . In which the colonists called parliments actions the Intolerable Acts.
Parliament, made a law which closed down Boston Harbor and put Massachusetts under British rule
Boston was supposed to be punished, for dumping tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston was supposed to be punished, for dumping tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston was supposed to be punished, for dumping tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston was supposed to be punished, for dumping tea into the Boston harbor.
The Red Coats or the British.
The British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts and closed the port of Boston in response to the Boston Tea Party.
The British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts and closed the port of Boston in response to the Boston Tea Party.
The British Government closed the port because of the Boston Tea Party.
The British closed the Port of Boston for a period of time, and increased taxes.