Intolerable Acts

E4468

British parliamentary legislation series of laws

The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish the Massachusetts colonists, especially Boston, for the Boston Tea Party, helping to spark the American Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Intolerable Acts canonical	19
Coercive Acts	14
Boston Port Act	8
Massachusetts Government Act	7
Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain concerning the American colonies	1
Boston Port Act closure	1
Intolerable Acts (by American colonists)	1
Intolerable Acts crisis	1
Intolerable Acts in Massachusetts	1
Punitive Acts	1
Quartering Act of 1774	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British parliamentary legislation ⓘ series of laws ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Coercive Acts Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Punitive Acts
appliesTo	American colonists in New England ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
causeOf	First Continental Congress ⓘ escalation of tensions leading to the American Revolutionary War ⓘ increased colonial unity ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
describedBySource	Acts of Parliament ⓘ surface form: Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain
genre	punitive legislation ⓘ
hasEffect	allowance of quartering British troops in private homes ⓘ closure of Boston Harbor ⓘ establishment of Roman Catholicism’s free practice in Quebec ⓘ expansion of Quebec’s territory ⓘ restriction of town meetings in Massachusetts ⓘ transfer of trials of British officials to other colonies or to Britain ⓘ
hasPart	Administration of Justice Act ⓘ Intolerable Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Boston Port Act Intolerable Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Government Act Quartering Act ⓘ surface form: Quartering Act of 1774 Quebec Act ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolutionary era
influenced	Declaration of Independence grievances ⓘ colonial views on British tyranny ⓘ
legalStatus	repealed or superseded ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
location	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
mainSubject	American colonial governance ⓘ
motivatedBy	Boston Tea Party ⓘ
opposedBy	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: American colonists First Continental Congress ⓘ Patriot leaders ⓘ
partOf	causes of the American Revolution ⓘ
purpose	punish Massachusetts colonists ⓘ reassert British authority over the colonies ⓘ
regulates	housing of British troops in the colonies ⓘ structure of Massachusetts colonial government ⓘ trade through Boston Harbor ⓘ
significantEvent	adoption of the Suffolk Resolves ⓘ colonial boycotts of British goods ⓘ
startTime	1774 ⓘ
yearEnacted	1774 ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battles of Lexington and Concord → precededBy → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

First Continental Congress → cause → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Port Act

First Continental Congress → cause → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Government Act

First Continental Congress → cause → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quartering Act of 1774

Tea Act → followedBy → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Tea Act → followedBy → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Minutemen → formedAsResponseTo → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Quebec Act → classifiedAs → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intolerable Acts (by American colonists)

Declaration and Resolves → criticizes → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Thomas Gage → implementedPolicy → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intolerable Acts in Massachusetts

Boston campaign → precededBy → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intolerable Acts crisis

Intolerable Acts → alsoKnownAs → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Intolerable Acts → alsoKnownAs → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Punitive Acts

Intolerable Acts → hasPart → Intolerable Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Port Act

Intolerable Acts → hasPart → Intolerable Acts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Government Act

British colonial authorities → enforcedLaw → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress → protests → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress → protests → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Port Act

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress → protests → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Government Act

Petition to the King → topic → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Petition to the King → precededBy → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Lord North → legislativeAction → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms → mentionsEvent → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Province of Massachusetts Bay → introducedLaw → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Government Act

Province of Massachusetts Bay → associatedWith → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → mainSubject → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → criticizes → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → criticizes → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Port Act

Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → criticizes → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Government Act

Committees of Correspondence → opposedTo → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Administration of Justice Act → partOf → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

subject surface form: Administration of Justice Act 1774

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Administration of Justice Act → partOf → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

subject surface form: Administration of Justice Act 1774

Administration of Justice Act → relatedTo → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

subject surface form: Administration of Justice Act 1774

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Government Act

Administration of Justice Act → relatedTo → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

subject surface form: Administration of Justice Act 1774

this entity surface form: Boston Port Act

Administration of Justice Act → category → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

subject surface form: Administration of Justice Act 1774

this entity surface form: Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain concerning the American colonies

Continental Association → motivatedBy → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Port Act

American Revolutionary era → significantEvent → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Frederick → legislativeAction → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick North, Lord North

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill → mainSubject → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Port Act

Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill → mainSubject → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill → criticizes → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston Port Act

Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill → relatedTo → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Boston Committee of Correspondence → opposedTo → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coercive Acts

Virginia Committee of Correspondence → opposes → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Galloway Plan of Union → relatedEvent → Intolerable Acts ⓘ

Speech on Conciliation with America → relatedEvent → Intolerable Acts ⓘ