What increased tension between the colonists and the British government in 1774? passage of the Townshend Acts passage of the Stamp Act passage of the Quartering Act passage of the Intolerable Acts

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Explanation:

In 1774, the British Parliament passed a series of laws collectively known as the Intolerable Acts, with the intent to suppress unrest in colonial Boston by closing the port and placing it under martial law. In response, colonial protestors led by a group called the Sons of Liberty issued a call for a boycott.

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b. parliament was weaker than the monarchy.

missouri compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery