The Coercive acts
The Intolerable Acts (so-called by the American patriots) were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. They were called the Coercive Acts in Great Britain.
The Coercive Acts, called the Intolerable Acts by the Patriots, came after the Boston Tea Party.
Parliament passed four acts in 1774 aimed specifically at what was seen as the hotbed of rebellion, Boston. These measures were called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists.
The Intolerable Acts (so-called by the American patriots) were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. They were called the Coercive Acts in Great Britain.
coercive act but as the colonists called it; " the intolerable acts" (;
To coerce someone is to make them do something by physical force. So a coercive act is the application of that force.
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They were called The Intolerable Acts in America and the Coercive Acts in Britain.
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The act that prevented supplies from being shipped to Boston was called the Coercive Act. This act also closed down the Boston harbor.