The actual name for the acts was the Coercive Acts and this is important to know because the purpose of the acts was to punish Massachusetts for its resistance to parliamentary rule ( in particular the Boston Tea Party). Although some Engli...
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British opponents had predicted that the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) would defeat their purpose by alienating colonists who had previously been unsympathetic with Bostonian rashness. They were proved right.
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The government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped ... In retaliation the British passed several punative acts aimed at bringing the colonies back into submission of the King...
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www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/intolerable.htm
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3 What were the Intolerable acts ? Briefly describe each one ... Go to the" Stamp Act " link ... 4 What was the Stamp Act and how did the colonists react to it...
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The Intolerable Acts - the American Revolution for lovers, students and teachers of history. ... Parliament replied to the "Boston Tea Party" with the five Coercive Acts of 1774. The colonists dubbed them the "Intolerable Acts." ... The Five "Intolerable Acts"
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www.historywiz.com/intolerable.htm
www.historywiz.com/intolerable.htm
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The French and Indian War and the Intolerable Acts - How did these events help cause the Revolution? ... (3) The British and the colonists won the war, but there were problems. What was Britain upset about?
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Want to learn about the American Revolution? Check out our American Revolution section. ... The British parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing four laws. The colonies called these laws the "Intolerable Acts." ... The British reacted to the Boston Tea Party with what the colonies called the "Intolerable Acts."
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The colonists in Boston had ruined a lot of English tea. England would react very strongly. They passed a new set of laws. The new laws would punish Boston. The laws were known as the Intolerable Acts. 2 There were four parts to the new laws.
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Book #2: Settlement, Revolution & War. Part 2, "Revolution And The 14th Colony" Ch. 9 - The Intolerable Acts (1774) ... What might be done to restore these balking colonists back to being useful, subservient and dutiful servants of the crown? Examples needed to be set; control needed to be taken. It was determined to...
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