In what ways did the massachusetts act reduce powers of local government

It turned the power from the local government to the royally-appointed governor. I hope this helps.

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 was passed by the Parliament of Great Britain, receiving royal assent on 20 May 1774. The act effectively abrogated the Massachusetts Charter of 1691 of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and gave its royally-appointed governor wide-ranging powers. The colonists said it altered by parliamentary fiat the basic structure of colonial government. They vehemently opposed it and would not let it operate. It was a major step on the way to the start of the American Revolution in 1775.

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(d) it was complex and capable of highly organized efforts.