The Intolerable Acts Quartering Act Quebec Act Massachusetts Government Act Administration of Justice Act Boston Port Act The government spent immense sums of money on troops & equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. The revenue generated by the Townshend duties, in 1770, ...

INTOLERABLE ACTS AND THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party in 1774 by passing several laws that became known in America as the Intolerable Acts. One law closed Boston Harbor until Bostonians paid for the destroyed tea. Another law restricted the activities of the Massachusetts legislature and gave added powers to the post of governor of Massachusetts. Those ...

The Intolerable Acts of 1774: Road to Independence by Elizabeth J. The colonies originally had charters or letters from the King giving them the right to run their own affairs. Eventually these charters were revoked. Some of the colonies became Crown colonies and their government was modeled after that of England. Instead of a King, they had a Royal Governor; instead of a House of Lords, they ...

The Intolerable or Coercive Acts After the French Indian War the British Government decided to reap greater benefits from the colonies. The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain. This eventually lead to the Boston Tea Party. In retaliation the British passed what are now considered the Intolerable or Coercive Acts to Bring the colonies to the heal of the ...