During the 1700s, the British government used mercantilism to: *

Supply for the mother country by putting limits on goods the colonists could buy or sell, whose ships they could use, and who they could trade with.

Explanation:

the intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party. in great britain, these laws were referred to as the coercive acts.

the answer to your question is true