Parliament's intent in passing the Coercive Acts was to
A. do away with the right of a trial by jury in the American colonies.
B. punish Boston and the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
C. dissolve self-government in the British colonies in North America.
D. make the Catholic Church the established church in the American colonies.
Answer: B
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