Following the boston tea party, what did parliament do to punish the colonists? a passed the intolerable acts b sent a petition to the colonies c gave the east india company a monopoly on tea d sent soldiers to fight at lexington and concord

Well, the correct answer is to reduce federal spendingthis is because he had done a reconstruction of the system to improve it for the future of the united states, but it didn't reduce federal spending pretty much at all. the previous governments made federal spending a huge problem causing the promise to fail because it was pretty much an impossible  task.i hope this mark me as brainiest