1) the Boston Port Act: closed the ports of the Boston Harbor until the value of the destroyed tea was reimbursed
2) the Massachusetts Government Act: declared that members of the Massachusetts Council would be appointed by the Governor, not elected by the Assembly. Also, town meetings could take place only with the Governor's permission. This act gave the governor full power to appoint local officials and the judiciary, and decreed that in the future, juries would be appointed by the sheriffs, not elected.
3) the Impartial Administration of Justice Act: British official accused of committing crimes be tried not in Massachusetts but in another colony or in England.
4) Quebec Act: gave Canada's Catholics civil equality and guaranteed religious tolerance. It also gave the French vast territories west of the Appalachians. The colonists saw this as an attempt to renew their battles with both the French and the Indians.
The Intolerable Acts
The Port of Boston was the port that was closed as a result of the Coercive Acts. British Parliament issued the Coercive Acts after the Boston Tea Party in 1774.
The Boston Massacre took place in 1770 while the Coercive acts took place in 1774 4 years later.
In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts and seen by the colonists as one of the Intolerable Acts.
Coercive acts
The Intolerable Acts
why did the coercive act fail
An unexpected result of the Coercive Acts was the increased support for Massachusetts and its resistance to the authority of England. The Coercive Acts were originally meant to subdue disobedience.
Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts
The Port of Boston was the port that was closed as a result of the Coercive Acts. British Parliament issued the Coercive Acts after the Boston Tea Party in 1774.
The American Colonists renamed the Coercive Acts to the Intolerable Acts because they found them so unbearable.
The Boston Massacre took place in 1770 while the Coercive acts took place in 1774 4 years later.
The Intolerable Acts
intolerable acts
Coercive acts
The Intolerable Acts.