The Intolerable Acts basically allowed the British soldiers to do anything they wanted to the colonists making it to where the colonists never could do anything again. The Boston Tea Party is what started the Intolerable Acts.
The
legislative branch writes up and votes on laws. This is called legislation. The
legislative branch also known as congress has two parts: the House of Representatives
and the senate. Other powers of the congress include declaring war, confirming
presidential appointments for groups like the Supreme Court and the cabinet and
investigating power.
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Explanation:
Article IV section 3 of the constitution mandates congress to vote on how a new state is to be formed. I do not know the exact terms of how a state is created as a sovereign body, but I suspect any new state would have to go through what Hawaii and Alaska went. These were territories that were not carved out of an existing state so the problem was not complicated by two states feuding over where the boundary would be.
Recently Puerto Rico had a non binding referendum on this very question. I don't know what was decided.
It's the Federal Government in the form of congress. The territory has to be in favor of statehood.
