Answer:
D) The British Parliament passes laws to harshly punish the American colonies.
Explanation:
An example of a punishment put in place by the British parliament was the Coervice Acts (also known as the Intolerable Acts). These laws punished American colonists for their destruction of British tea during the Boston Tea Party. These punishments included the shutting down of Boston Harbor, paying for the damages caused, and forcing colonists to house British soldiers.
These types of punishments were seen as unjust and unfair by the colonists, helping in their decision to declare independence from Great Britain.
