Question

How did the British parliament respond to the Boston tea party?

Answer 1

Hint: The British parliament was enraged by the losses it suffered as a result of the Boston Tea Party which took place in Massachusetts and responded to it with more coercive acts to shut down the rebels.

Complete answer:
A) The Boston Tea Party refers to a revolution of North American colonial people whereby they attacked Griffin's Wharf at Boston and around three forty-two tea chests were destroyed causing a huge financial loss to the British government.
B) The reason behind this rebellious action of the people was the Tea Act that Britishers bought, giving East India company a kind of monopoly over North American markets and trade as well as imposed several taxes for the colonial people. These taxes were so high that it was very difficult to keep pace with them.
C) The North American colonies and especially that of Massachusetts had to face the wrath of British policies brought in seventeen seventy-four. The British government responded by altering the colonial charter of Massachusetts as this time they took off the colonial legislative assembly thus repealing even the minimal local representation. General Thomas Gage was sent to Boston to become the governor of the colony and to exercise the orders of the British parliament.
D) The port of Boston was also blocked for the local colony and merchants to teach them a lesson.
E) Fines were imposed for the Boston tea party act to regain the losses. Taxes on almost all the items were increased.

Note: Britisher's reaction to the destruction they experienced was much aggressive and aimed to counter the rebels at all levels.