intolerable acts

     

The Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts were names given by colonists in the Thirteen Colonies to a series of laws passe by the British Parliament in 1774. The acts sparked outrage and resistance in the colonies and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution.

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  • The first Continental Congress met in 1774 to protest 4 British acts collectively called this
  • The Boston Port Act was one of these laws passed by England to retaliate for the Boston Tea Party
  • In retaliation the British passed a series of laws the Colonists dubbed these
  • 2-word term for the laws passed by the British parliament in 1774 to punish dissidents in Massachusetts

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