<span> was passed by the </span>Parliament of Great Britain<span>, receiving </span>royal assent<span> on 20 May 1774. The act effectively abrogated the Massachusetts Charter of 1691 of the </span>Province of Massachusetts Bay<span>, 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 </span>start of the American Revolution in 1775<span>.</span>
All of the following were complaints by the farmers in the U.S. after the Civil War except "<span>a. tariffs" since the main issues all had to do with domestic production.</span>
Most hills are "B. Not steep", since for it to be a hill it needs to be somewhere in between the elevation of flat land and mountainous land, which of course is much higher and usually steeper.