The Intolerable Acts

to reassert Parliment's authority in the colonies

the quartering act

The Boston Tea Party and many of the other patriot acts of defiance in the colonies, especially Boston.

Right to trade

right to privacy

right to property

The Coercive act and the Quebec act became known as the Intolerable acts.

The Boston Port Act or Trade Act (one of the Intolerable Acts of 1774) was designed to punish the Massachusetts colony for its protests of British taxes, most notably with the Boston Tea Party of 1773. The act closed the port of Boston through a blockade by the Royal Navy. This was an attempt to coerce the repayment of customs and restitution to the East India Company for their lost revenue, and to re-exert British control of the colonies.

Ships carrying food and other goods were prevented from arriving; town meetings were banned;

and citizens were forced to house British soldiers.

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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 5 acts of the Intolerable acts were:

1. The Administration of Justice Act: let governor have the trials of British Soldiers in a different colony than the one the crime was committed in

2. The Boston Port Act: first act passed; closed Boston port until East India Company repaid for their tea that was destroyed

3. Quartering Acts: forced people who lived in the colonies to house British soldiers

4. Massachusetts Government Act: made it legal for the majority of the government positions in Massachusetts to be appointed by the king

5. Quebec Act: made the colony of Canada larger

to keep the colonies in check

because it needs to oppose the stamp act

The american patriots name for a serious of punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party they were meant to punish the massachusetts colonists for their defince in throwing a large tea shipment into boston harbor

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the coercive acts were punishment for the people of Massachusetts for dumping over one million dollars worth of tea into the Boston harbor. they are also called the intolerable acts.

They halted trade with Britain.

In a breif explanation, the Boston Port Act punished all of Boston for the Boston Tea Party, thus it forced Boston to seek aid from the other colonies. Because of this is helped strengthen colonial unity and was another factor in sparking the upcoming revolution.

After the so-called French and Indian war, the Stamp Act was introduced by Great Britain to help cover the cost of British soldiers being stationed in America. Great Britain thought this reasonable since the soldiers were there to protect the citizens living in the colonies.

Opposition against the Stamp act was not caused by its burden, since rates were not very high and most everyday citizens did not much use official "stamped" documents anyway. It was mostly a matter of principle, namely that of 'no taxation without representation (i.e. in the British Parliament) and/or the principle that raising taxes should be the exclusive right of the American States themselves.

A coercive force is a psychological pressure or threat used to manipulate someone's behavior. It involves the use of fear, intimidation, or force to make someone comply with certain demands or expectations. It can be detrimental to relationships and often leads to feelings of resentment or resistance.

Since this is in the World War 2 category, you may mean: "Why didn't the USA join the second world war at the same time Britain did?" Answer: The American public did not want their sons to die in a European war that didn't seem to have anything to do with them.

If you meant : "Why did the thirteen colonies leave British rule at the time of the War of Independence." Answer: "They didn't think it was fair to be taxed by Britain but not have any say about it in Parliament."

If someone acts asinine at a formal event we might consider the behavior embarrassing.