Answer:
to maintain the loyalty of Massachusetts to the crown and stifle opposition in the other colonies
Explanation:
The Intolerable Acts (passed/Royal assent March 31–June 22, 1774) were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. Four laws were passed that year limiting the freedom of colonists in Massachusetts. ... Parliament planned a series of four acts, or laws, intended to stifle opposition in Massachusetts. They hoped that when the one colony was punished, the other twelve would turn against it and remain loyal to the crown.
