The Coercive Acts: How British Laws Passed in Response to Boston Tea Party Paved the Way for the American Revolution

The Coercive Acts

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The Coercive Acts (also known as the Intolerable Acts) were a series of British laws passed in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. Here are some details about the Acts:

– Boston Port Act: This Act closed the port of Boston until the East India Company was paid back for the destroyed tea. This hurt Boston’s economy and made it difficult for people to receive necessary goods.

– Massachusetts Government Act: This Act removed the ability for Massachusetts to have a representative government and placed more power in the hands of the British-appointed governor, General Thomas Gage. It also gave the governor the ability to move trials of British officials who committed crimes to other colonies or even to Great Britain.

– Administration of Justice Act: This Act allowed British officials who were accused of a crime in Massachusetts to be tried in other colonies or in Great Britain, instead of in Massachusetts.

– Quartering Act: This Act required colonists to provide housing for British soldiers if needed, even if it meant they had to give up their own homes.

Overall, the Coercive Acts were seen as a way for the British government to assert control over the colonies and punish them for their resistance to British authority. These Acts helped to bring the colonies closer together in their opposition to British rule and contributed to the eventual outbreak of the American Revolution.

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