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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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In what document did the colonists appeal to King George III to remove The Intolerable Acts?
It was called the Olive Branch petition in September 1775
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-george-refuses-olive-branch-petition
What happened before The Intolerable Acts?
The Tea Act (1773) triggered protests and led to the Boston Tea Party. The British Parliament countered with the Intolerable Acts in 1774 which were meant to punish the colonists in Massachusetts.
Why did Britain impose the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts on the colonists?
What causes the intolerable act?
The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were passed because King George III wanted to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. the four acts were the Quartering act, the Boston port act, the Massachutts act, Quebec Acts, and the Administration act.
What happened to The Intolerable Acts after the revolutionary war?
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For the Boston Tea Party
What was the purpose of the Coercive Acts?
the purpose was to punish colonist for throwing shiploads of tea into Boston harbor during the Boston tea party.
It was a true revolution...the Americans did not want to be under British rule, paying taxes without having a voice in Parliament. The war was because Britain did not want to give up the income from the colonies, among other things, and the people at the time wanted to set up their own government and rule themselves. I don't know about radical--most of the people who joined the fight were young men and many were from families who had been in America only a generation or two. Part of the reason they won was that they used "guerrilla tactics," taking advantage of the landscape against the fighting formations of the British. A civil war is more the case of people of one country fighting one another over a disagreement. Here it was slavery, in the mideast, it is more by religious factions, in Ireland it was Catholics vs. Protestants and so on.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
In 1774, Parliament passed a group of laws to punish the Massachusetts colony. The laws were so harsh that the colonists called then the Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts. One of the laws closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the destroyed tea. Another law banned the committees of correspondence. Still another law allowed Britain to house troops wherever it wanted to, even in private residences.
The closing of Boston's port hurt the city badly. Boston's economy depended on trade, and soon many people were out of work. Other colonies began helping Boston by sending food, supplies, and money.
The Intolerable Acts had another effect. They forced many colonists to take sides in the conflict between Boston and Britain. Colonists who opposed British rule were known as Patriots. Colonists who remained loyal to King George and the British government were known as Loyalists.
At the same time, Committees of Correspondence began spreading the idea of a meeting. Leaders from 12 colonies agreed to meet in Philadelphia, the largest city in the colonies. They would discuss how to oppose the Intolerable Acts.
Intolerable Acts: 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 received.
The intolerable acts were closing the port of Boston not letting anything in or out. The second was closing the town meetings. The third was the British taking power over the Massachusetts assembly. The last was called quartering, which was when the colonists had to let the British soldiers stay in their houses. After the intolerable acts was the battle of Lexington and Concord, and the Acts were in response to the Boston Tea Party.
In American history, the "Intolerable Acts" were a series of legislation enacted by the British Parliament in 1774 as a reaction to the Boston Tea Party.
The Acts stripped most self-governance from the Massachusetts colony, and instituted a series of punitive taxes and measures against the colony. It was meant to make an example of to the rest of the 13 colonies, which had been seen as increasingly resistive to Parliament rule since the passing of The Stamp Act the prior decade.
Instead, the Acts were seen as yet a further indication of Parliament's capriciousness and lack of concern for issues important to the American colonies. The Acts are a direct cause of the American Revolution, as the Acts inspired the convening of the first Continental Congress, which thereafter initiated the American Revolution.
the boston tea party angered the british and it all started because of taxes
Did the sugar act happen before the intolerable acts?
Yes. The Sugar Act was a few years before the Intolerable Acts.
Who was involved in the Intolerable acts?
The Intolerable Acts refers to a series of acts passed by the British Parliament against the Massachusetts colonists. They were passed in the aftermath of the Boston Tea party.
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What was resulted from the Coercive Acts?
The Coercive Acts resulted in the closing of port of Boston, forced the colonists to house and feed British troops, and forbid public meetings unless sanctioned by the governor.
What year did the Intolerable Acts start?
1774
first, parliament shut down the port of Boston, and no ship could enter or leave the harbor. the harbor would stay closed until the colonists could pay british taxes.
after that, parliament didnt let Massachusetts colonists to hold town meetings more than once a year without the governor's permission.
thirdly, parliament said that officers and other officials who were accused of crime had to be tried in Britain, not Massachusetts.
lastly, parliament passed a quartering act, in which colonists were forced to house british troops in their homes.
Why did the Britain pass new laws that the colonists referred to as the Intolerable Acts?
The British passed these laws in response to what they viewed as further disruption to law and commerce by the Americans. It began with the Boston Tea Party.
When did the intolerable acts start and end?
The 4 acts known as the Coercive Acts, or the Intolerable Acts, were passed in April 1774. They were intended to punish Massachusetts over rebellious acts including the Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773).
The First Continental Congress met in September, 1774 and supported Massachusetts in their resistance to the acts. The final end to the effectiveness of the acts came on April 19, 1775 when the first battles of the Revolutionary War were fought, and definitively with the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Why did the Britain pass new laws that the colonists to as The Intolerable Acts?
they wanted to control the 13 colonies and they wanted to benefit themselves
Why did the Intolerable Act happen?
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.
What events lead to the quartering act?
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Some of the events that led to the quartering act were the French and Indian War and the British Impose to the new taxes. See here for more info: http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/causes.html
