Multiple choice

Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party by

  1. enacting a new set of taxes known as the Townshend Acts

  2. enacting a series of measures known as the Intolerable Acts

  3. "tarring and feathering" the colonial leaders of Boston

  4. Arresting suspected participants and sending them to Africa
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, which the colonists referred to as the Intolerable Acts. These acts closed Boston Harbor and restricted colonial self-government.

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