In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British passed a series of laws which, among other things, closed the port of Boston and strengthened the power of the governor of Massachusetts. In the colonies, these acts were known as the ________ Acts.

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The British laws passed in response to the Boston Tea Party were known in the colonies as the Intolerable Acts. These acts were seen as punitive measures against the colonists for their protest actions, particularly the Boston Tea Party, and significantly escalated tensions leading to the American Revolutionary War.

In Response to the Boston Tea Party, the British Passed