Parliament passed the Coercive Acts (also called the Intolerable Acts) intending to isolate the "troublemakers" in Boston from the other colonies, but their gambit backfired. Why?

Choose 1 answer:

(Choice A) Despite their name, the Acts were not nearly as punitive as they seemed; most colonists in Massachusetts ignored them.

(Choice B) The Acts helped to unify the American colonies, who sent delegates to the First Continental Congress to coordinate a response to the British empire.

(Choice C) The Acts were received badly in England, where sympathies with the American colonists led to a widespread backlash against the sitting members of Parliament.