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What was the colonists name for the laws passed in 1774 that took away many of the Massachusetts colonists' rights?
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the coercive acts
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Laws by Parliament in 1774 that put major restrictions on the citizens of Massachusetts?
stamp act
What happened in the year of 1774 at spring?
In the spring of 1774, parliament passed yet another set of laws, this time to punish the colonist for the troubles in Boston and elsewhere.
What year did the Townshend Acts make the colonists pay taxes on every day products?
it is either 1767 1772 1773 1774 not sure
What act led colonial leaders to form the first continental congress and draw up a declaration of colonial rights in 1774?
Intolerable Acts by the British led colonial leaders to form the first continental congress and draw up a declaration of colonial rights in 1774. The congress was held as a means of protest against the British.
General thomas gauge a loyalist or patriot?
loyalist NEW RESPONDENT He was a British general who commanded the British forces in America from 1763 through 1774. As governor of Massachusetts (1774-75) he was unable to stem the tide of the insurgence and was replaced by Gen. Sir William Howe after the battle of Bunker Hill.
What was the colonists name for the laws passed in 1774 that took many of the Massachusetts colonists rights?
the coercive acts
How did the colonists react to the Intolerable act 1774?
They saw that the acts were a violation to their constitutional rights, their natural rights, and their colonial charters. The believed that these acts were a threat to Massachusetts' liberties and all of what was then colonial British America.
What did colonists call the coercive acts passed by Parliament spring of 1774?
never
What did colonists call coercive acts passed by parliament in spring of 1774?
never
What did colonists call the Coercive Acts passed by Parliament in spring of 1774?
never
Intolerable Acts?
Also known as the Coercive Acts; a series of British measures passed in 1774 and designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. For example, one of the laws closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea that they had destroyed.
What laws closed Boston harbor and then placed Massachusetts under military rule?
Coercive acts
In response to the Boston Tea Party in 1774 the British Parliament passed the?
With the aim of punishing rebellious colonists for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed a series of laws known as the Coercive Acts in 1774.
What made the British pass the intolerable act?
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by Parliament and meant to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. The Acts took away self government and rights away from Massachusetts and enraged the colonists. As a result, the first Continental Congress was called to plan protests in 1774.
In 1774 the British parliament passed the intolerance acts which were designed to punish which colony for its rebellious behavior?
Massachusetts
What were the introrable acts?
In order to strengthen their power over the rebellious colonists in Massachusetts following the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed a series of acts known as the Coercive Acts. They were passed in 1774, and angry Americans referred to them not as the Coercive Acts, but as the Intolerable Acts.
What were the entolerable acts?
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
