In 1774 Parliament passed a series of acts known as the 'Coercive Acts' or the 'Intolerable Acts'. What event directly lead to these acts being passed?    A. The colonists sending representatives to the Stamp Act Congress.  B. They were trying to pay off debt from the Seven Years War. C. British troops firing on the crowd during the 'Boston Massacre'.  D.The Sons of Liberty dumping chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

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In 1774 Parliament passed a series of acts known as the 'Coercive Acts' or the 'Intolerable Acts'. What event directly lead to these acts being passed? 

 

A. The colonists sending representatives to the Stamp Act Congress. 

B. They were trying to pay off debt from the Seven Years War.

C. British troops firing on the crowd during the 'Boston Massacre'. 

D.The Sons of Liberty dumping chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

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