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AN ACT to discontinue, ... X. Provided also, and it is hereby declared and enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed, to enable his Majesty to appoint such port, harbour, creeks, quays, wharfs, places, or officers, in the said town of Boston, or in the said bay or islands, until it shall...
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www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/bpb.htm
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This was known as the "Boston Port Act." The closing bill for the Boston port was on June 1, 1774. To keep the colonists from using the port, British troops came into Boston and blocked the harbor. Other towns in New England compensated for this by shipping an increasing amount of goods into Boston.
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library.thinkquest.org/3803/Events/tparty.html
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The role of Boston Port Act in the history of the United States of America. ... ushistory.org < BACKThe Intolerable Acts NEXT >Administration of Justice Act Boston Port Act (part of the Intolerable Acts) March 31, 1774 AN ACT to discontinue, in such manner, and for or such time as are therein mentioned, the Boston Port Act...
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Boston Port Act- 1774;; An act to discontinue, in such manner, and for such time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of goods, wares, and merchandise, at the town, and within the harbour, of Boston, in the province of Massachusetts's Bay, in North America.
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www.historycentral.com/documents/BostonPort.html
www.historycentral.com/documents/BostonPort.html
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The text of the Boston Port Act, one of the Intolerable Acts. ... In response to the event and those that followed, Parliament passed the Boston Port Act on March 31, 1774, which effectively shut down the port of Boston. Ships were prevented from mooring or docking anywhere in Boston Harbor.
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www.usconstitution.net/bostonportact.html
www.usconstitution.net/bostonportact.html
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On this day in 1774, British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston and demanding that the city’s residents pay for the nearly $1 million worth (in today’s money) of tea dumped into Boston Harbor during the “Boston Tea Party” of December 16, 1773.
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The official report about conditions in Boston, by the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, were laid before the House of Commons on March 7, 1774. On March 14 Lord North, the Prime Minister, indicated he would soon be submitting a bill to...
http://colonial-america.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_bo...
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Passed on March 31, 1774, the Boston Port Act was one of the Intolerable Acts designed to control American dominions. Instead, they helped solidify resistance to the British.
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research.history.org/pf/declaring/bostonPortAct.cfm
research.history.org/pf/declaring/bostonPortAct.cfm
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The Boston Port Act ; March 31, 1774 ... This is the “Intolerable Act” (there were others) that infuriated the citizens of Boston. The city lived on trade, and shutting down the port not only threatened the economic life of the city, it would have made paying for the tea next to impossible, even if the citizens had...
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www.sagehistory.net/revolution/documents/bostonport.htm
www.sagehistory.net/revolution/documents/bostonport.htm
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