Question

"explain how the coercive acts (intolerable acts) were both an effect of colonial actions and a cause of colonial action."

Answer 1

The intolerable acts were an effect of colonial actions because they were passed by the British Parliament to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party. For example, the Boston Port Act closed the port until the colonist repaid for the tea the Tea Party destroyed. The intolerable acts were a cause of colonial action because they were unfairly coercive and angered the colonists, provoking the rebellion.