How did Francis Scott Key (An American Lawyer) end up on a British war ship watching the battle?

He had boarded the ship to negotiate the release of an American civilian imprisoned by the British, and had been detained aboard as the bombardment began. (via: https://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/francis-scott-key.aspx )

Explanation:

1.a)britain

2.b)spain

3.c)french

4.d)portugal

explanation:

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.