What did Britain do about their tea getting dumped in the harbor?

Britain retaliated to the Boston Tea Party by passing the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, in 1774. These acts were a series of punitive measures designed to punish the Massachusetts colony and its citizens for the destruction of British tea in the Boston Harbor.

The Coercive Acts included several provisions that severely limited the rights and autonomy of the Massachusetts colonists, and which further heightened tensions between the colony and the British government. These provisions included:

1. Boston Port Act: This act closed the Port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea that was destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. The act also transferred control of the port from Massachusetts to the British governor.

2. Massachusetts Government Act: This act drastically changed the structure of the Massachusetts colonial government, reducing its autonomy and increasing British control. It reduced the power of the elected assembly, increased the power of the British-appointed governor, and allowed for town meetings to be held only with the governor's permission.

3. Administration of Justice Act: This act allowed British officials accused of crimes in Massachusetts to be tried in other colonies or in Britain, rather than in Massachusetts, where anti-British sentiment was strong.

4. Quartering Act: This act required the colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers stationed in Massachusetts.

The Coercive Acts were widely resented by the Massachusetts colonists and other American colonists, as they were seen as an infringement on their rights and liberties. These acts contributed to the growing discontent and resistance to British authority in the American colonies, which ultimately led to the American Revolution and the United States' declaration of independence in 1776.