The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Boston Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods.
closed the port of Boston
provided that any officer or soldier of the British government who was arrested for murder could be sent to England for trial.
changed the charter of Massachusetts. It provided for a council appointed by the Crown and prohibited town meetings without the governor's permission, except to elect officers.
The fourth act required the colonists to quarter (feed and house) British soldiers.
extended the province of Quebec southward to the Ohio River
Answer:
providing housing for British troops
closing the port of Boston
putting a military government in place in Massachusetts
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