Why did parlement...?

Question

In the 1700's Why did parliment pass the intolerable acts.

Answer 1

it's actually called the toleration act, passed in 1688. It makes freedom of religion official in Britain and its then colonies.
Check it out on
http://www.jacobite.ca/documents/1689toleration.htm
I hope this helps,
f.

Answer 2

The Intolerable Acts, as Americans call them, were passed to
A) defray the costs of defending the colonies and their beaurcracies after the French-Indian War
and
B) to punish the colonists for what Parliment saw as lawless and rebellious acts against the Crown