Question

After King George III rejected the Olive Branch Petition, Parliament passed the Prohibitory Act, which

closed American ports to overseas trade.
addressed the colonists’ most significant complaints.
called on British forces to attack the colonies.
stopped the British Navy from seizing American ships.

Answer 1

A. Closed American ports overseas

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Answer 2

The Prohibitory Act of 1775 was passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in the American colonies, which became known as the American Revolutionary War (or, to the British, the American War of Independence).