The set of laws that closed the boston harbor and prevented the local massachusetts government from meeting was the

In May 1773, Parliament passed a law that made the price of tea so low that even with the tax it was cheaper than the tea the colonist  were buying from the Netherlands. This just made the colonists mad and ships were not allowed at the some ports. They were allowed to dock at the Boston port. The colonists boarded the British ships and dumped the tea. parliament heard of this and closed Boston Harbor to all trade until they paid for the tea. In October 1775 nearly 50 women signed a treaty to boycott English tea.

The answer is installation.

The american civil war