Which statement best summarizes how the people of south carolina responded to the tea act?

a they called for calm and a stop to protests against british policies in order to protect their economy .

b they began to create what would become the first state government to represent its citizens and resist british policies.

c south carolina condemned massachusetts for its role in the boston tea party and rallied other colonies against them.

d south carolina's commons house of assembly passed the intolerable acts in an attempt to protect colonists from british policies.