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Where "were" the intolerable acts? They were in America and King George III of Great Britain created them to punish the colonies.
The main influence on the Intolerable acts was that the Colonies were becoming angry at Parliament (shown by the Boston Tea Party) and Britain needed to quickly regain control of the Colonies. Unfortunately these acts only increased tension and led to the American Revolution. Note that the actual name of the acts was the Coercive acts, and the Intolerable Acts was a nickname given by the colonists.
The British in the 1760's was mad at the colonist for dressing up as Indian's to attend the Tea Party. Later, when the British found out, they put the intolerable acts out. The intolerable acts required all colonist to pay a tax on tea. That's when Great Britain decided they wanted more control over the colonies.
their taxes increased and the king of Britain passed laws like the stamp act or the Townsend acts or the intolerable acts allowed British soldiers to live in their houses and pay for everything shipped in the colonies
The Boston tea party was one of them. their were many more like the