The major consequence of Boston Tea Party was that Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish Massachusetts.
What was Boston Tea Party?
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that take place on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor.
This event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists.
It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn’t take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.
What was Coercive Acts?
Coercive Acts of 1774, it was known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
The four acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.
The Quebec Act of 1774 is sometimes included as one of the Coercive Acts, although it was not related to the Boston Tea Party.
These oppressive acts sparked strong colonial resistance, including the meeting of the First Continental Congress, which George Washington attended in September and October 1774.
Hence, option A is correct.
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