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The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were a series of laws passed by the British to punish colonies that were openly rebelling. They were triggered by the Boston Tea Party of 1773. Instead of regaining control, the laws only caused more revolt. The situation escalated into the Revolutionary War.
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What did the coercive acts and the Quebec act become known as?
The Quebec act was not part of the Coercive acts but since the Quebec act came afterwards they went ahead and just said that they were a part of it. The Coercive Acts were also called the "Intolerable Acts" as viewed by the colonists.
The british passed the intolerable acts in response to the Boston massacre.True or false?
false it is caused by the Boston tea party
Why did the colonists call the Coercive Acts The Intolerable Acts?
because they had no say in laws they were forced to obey
The Coercive Acts were known as what Acts in the colonies?
To coerce someone is to make them do something by physical force. So a coercive act is the application of that force.
What four laws were passed douring the Intolerable Acts?
- Impartial Administration of Justice Act.
- Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act.
- Boston Port Act.
- Quartering Act.
What were the intolerable acts of 1774?
The "Intolerable Acts" were the name given to five laws that were designed as punishment of the American colonies by King George III and Parliament. They were enacted in 1774.
(See below and the related links for information about each of the acts.)
- Boston Port Act
- Administration of Justice Act
- Massachusetts Government Act
- Quartering Act- Forced the colonists to house "quarter" British troops.
- Quebec Act
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The Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts), were passed after the Boston Tea Party, the 1773 act by radical colonists who broke into three East India Company tea ships and destroyed 342 chests of tea. (This was done to protest the Tea Act of 1773.) Enraged, the British Parliament instituted the five Coercive Acts to punish the mutinous colonists. The colonists, however, were even more angered by the new acts, which stripped the colonist of many freedoms and replaced them with limitations.
- The Boston Port Bill - June 1, 1774. Closed Boston Harbor to all but British ships until the cost of the Tea Party tea was repaid.
- The Quartering Act - March 24, 1765. Forced colonists to house and feed the British troops.
- The Administration of Justice Act - May 20, 1774. British Officials could not be tried in colonial courts for crimes. They would be taken back to Britain and have their trials there.
- Massachusetts Government Act - May 20, 1774. The British Governor was in charge of Boston, and the colony had no more self-government.
- The Quebec Act - May 20, 1774, the Canadian borders became off limits to the colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia. The province of Quebec was enlarged southward into the western frontiers.
A series of punitive laws were passed by the British Parliament following the Boston Tea party in 1774. American Patriots referred to these as the Intolerable Acts. Three of these were the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767, and the Declaratory Act of 1766.
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister Lord North and enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. The laws were these:
- Impartial Administration of Justice Act, which allowed the royal governor of a colony to move trials to other colonies or even to England if he feared that juries in those colonies wouldn't judge a case fairly
- Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act made all law officers subject to appointment by the royal governor and banned all town meetings that didn't have approval of the royal governor
- Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston until the price of the dumped tea was recovered, moved the capital of Massachusetts to Salem, and made Marblehead the official port of entry for the Massachusetts colony.
- Quartering Act, which allowed royal troops to stay in houses or empty buildings if barracks were not available
- Quebec Act, which granted civil government and religious freedom to Catholics living in Quebec.
These Acts were the harshest so far of all the Acts passed by Parliament. The closing of Boston's port alone would cost the colony (and the American colonies as a whole) a ton of money. The Regulating Act was aimed at curtailing revolutionary activities. The Quartering Act angered colonists who didn't want soldiers (especially Redcoats) in their houses. And the Quebec Act was a direct insult to Americans, who had been denied the same sorts of rights that the Quebec residents now got.
People involved in the intolerable acts?
the people who were involved in the intolerable acts were
- Samuel Adams
- King George (the third)
- Britian(government)
- colonist
- Lord North
you may be wondering what the Coercive Acts did and the answer is it made colonist give shelter,clothing, and beds and other needs to solders and of course they were british.
Why were the intolerable acts passed?
The Intolerable Acts were passed by the British Parliament, because they were deeply in debt , and thought the American colonies should pay part of the expense. (The Intolerable Acts were taxes.)
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Which describes the intolerable acts?
The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were a series of punitive laws enacted by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. They aimed to suppress colonial dissent and included measures such as closing Boston Harbor, revoking Massachusetts' charter, and allowing royal officials to be tried in Britain for crimes committed in the colonies. These acts united the colonies against British rule, ultimately contributing to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The term "intolerable" reflects the colonists' view that these measures were oppressive and unjust.
How did the Coercive Acts punish the colonists of Boston?
One of the Coercive Acts of 1774, the Boston Port Act, closed Boston Harbor until the East India Company could be compensated for its cargo lost in the Boston Tea Party (1873).
However, of greater impact was that the Massachusetts Government Act placed all appointments to positions in the colonial government in the hands of the colonial governor or the king.
How was the patriots point of view right in the Intolerable Acts?
Many patriots viewed the Intolerable Acts (known as the Coercive Acts in the United Kingdom) as unjustified and infuriating punishments. They believed that they had done no wrong in protesting Parliament's taxes. Though in reality very few colonists supported the Boston Tea Party (most thought of it as a degrading extremist act and Benjamin Franklin stressed that the tea should be repaid in full), they believed it was unfair of the British Crown to punish the whole of Massachusetts for the acts of a minority group.
In contrast, the British government thought the Acts were more than justified due to the "appalling event" of having over £90,000 (about USD $1,529,052 today) of British tea dumped into the water. Parliament believed the colonists were clearly in the wrong and should reimburse the loss.
Why do you think the colonists believe that these laws were intolerable?
because they were getting punished for the Boston tea party.
Why did the colonial assemblies reject the Albany Plan of Union?
The Grand Council would limit colonies to certain powers.
Why did Parliament pass the intolerable acts?
Parliament passed it because they were upset because of the Boston Tea Party.
The Boston Tea Party
