In retaliation for the boston tea party, the british passed laws to punish massachusetts. specifically, the british closed boston harbor to trade until restitution was provided on the tea. what effect did these measures have on colonists?

they united all the colonies so they can fight against the British  

Explanation:

- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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the enslaved people onboard suffered from illness with some frequency