The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to O A gain control of the Hawaiian Islands, O B. destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts. o C. make certain that the United States would stay neutral. o D. demonstrate their support for Germany and Italy.​

The answer is B: Destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts.

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the intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party. in great britain, these laws were referred to as the coercive acts.