The purpose of the Coercive Acts was to
A) punish Boston for the Tea Party.
B) arrest the leaders of the Sons of Liberty.
C) abolish the colonial assemblies.
D) outlaw any public criticism of British policy.
E) make Americans drink more tea.

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The Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, were passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party, in which colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor as a protest against British taxation. The Acts closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the destroyed tea and placed Massachusetts under military rule.

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