The phrase "for cutting off our trade with all parts of the world" would most likely reference a law passed because of which event? a) the boston massacre b) the boston tea party c) the battles of lexington & concord d) the forming of the second continental congress

B) the Boston Tea Party

Explanation:

The Boston Tea Party caused the English government to pass the Intolerable acts and shut down Boston Harbor, untill all of the chests of Tea that the East British Tea Company had lost, this shut down commers and trade with all parts of the world and when this series the events unfold it escalated into the declaration of Independece.