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What did the Boston Port Bill do to the city of Boston?
AIt placed the city under permanent martial law
BIt closed the port until the tea was paid for
CIt moved the colonial capital to Salem town
DIt ended all town meetings in Massachusetts
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. It closed the port until the tea was paid for
1. Parliament had to answer the destruction of the tea or admit it had no control over the colonies.
2. The first of the acts the colonists called coercive was the Boston Port Bill.
3. It closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for.
4. Shutting a seaport off from the sea threatened the very life of the city.
5. Town meetings were not ended outright, but a later clause required the governor to permit them.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE_
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