Why did Britian pass the Coercive Acts? What group was affected?

Punishment. Massachussetts Colonists/Colonists in America.

Explanation:

The Bristist Parliment passed a series of laws in 1774, after the Boston Tea Party. This was also know as the intolerable acts. They passed these laws to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

The five Intolerable Acts were:

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they remained in rural areas and worked at jobs such as lumbering or farming.

answer; (d) i believe that the correct answer is americans finally ran out of ammunition;