What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?

Answer 1

The Intolerable Acts were meant to be a punishment for the actions of dumping tear into the Boston harbor during the Boston Tea Party. The British Parliament passed these acts (calling them the Coercive Acts) which took away self-government and historic rights from Massachusetts and caused massive outrage and opposition in the Thirteen Colonies. The acts were foundation to the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775.

Answer 2

The Intolerable Acts were meant to be a punishment for the actions of dumping tear into the Boston harbor during the Boston Tea Party. The British Parliament passed these acts (calling them the Coercive Acts) which took away self-government and historic rights from Massachusetts and caused massive outrage and opposition in the Thirteen Colonies. The acts were foundation to the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775.

Answer 3

The colonists got mad about the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Sugar Act because they were taxed without representation in Parliament. The colonists thought the Tea Act was unfair, even though it made the price of tea drop. The intolerable act were created to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party(Boston was in Mass.). It was called the Coercive Acts by the British, but colonists called it the Intolerable Acts because it was "intolerable".

Answer 4

I don’t know