1774
The Intolerable Acts were officially renamed the Coercive Acts by the British Parliament in 1774. This set of laws was enacted in response to the Boston Tea Party and aimed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance. The name "Intolerable Acts" was used by the American colonists to express their rejection of these laws and their belief that they were unjust.
They had to set blockades,quater soliders, and no more town meetings. It Was Punishment For Things Done Wrong.
Things were beginning to get out of hand, something had to be done to set the colonists straight and put the goverenment back in control.
The Quebec Act. This law set up a government for Quebec. It gave Quebec area west of the Appalachian Mountains and north of the Ohio River.
Laws passed by Great Britain because of the Boston Tea Party. The intolerable acts was a set of laws imposed by the British for the Boston Tea Party. There were four laws. One was that no one could leave Boston until they payed for all 250 chests of tea they dumped. the second was that British soldiers could camp out in any house. the other two i forgot. lol! Also called the Coercive Acts, the Intolerable Acts raised revenue and helped Britain gain more control over the Colonies, while, at the same time, outraging them. Actually I have just learned about the Intolerable Acts and there were only three, a new British general took over Boston, you had to allow British soldiers to live in your house, and the Boston Harbor was closed. Please see attached link from ThinkQuest for details of specific parts of the Intolerable Acts, including when they each went into effect.
The Intolerable Acts were among several other factors that drove the founding fathers to pursue independence from the king. In addition to affirming the convictions of those who already supported the pursuit, the drafting of the constitution and the subsequent Bill of Rights protected citizens from experiencing a similar set of acts under the United States government (e.g. no soldier quartering, etc.).
Many things led up to the Revolutionary War in America, but the last straw was the "Intolerable Acts" and British pressure in Massachusetts.
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In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed the "Coercive Acts", also known as the "Intolerable Acts", in 1774. There were actually five laws, but only four of them were related to the Boston Tea Party:The Boston Port Act closed the port of Boston until the East India Tea Company was repaid for the destroyed cargo.The Massachusetts Government Act dictated that virtually all positions in the colonial government would be appointed by the governor or the King, eliminating many elected offices.The Administration of Justice Act gave the governor the power to move trials of government officials to another colony if he thought they could not get a fair trial in Massachusetts.The Quartering Act allowed the governors of all the colonies the power to house soldiers in unoccupied buildings, without the consent of the owners.To the best of my knowledge, the East India Tea Company was never repaid.
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