Intolerable Acts

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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.

Aliases (9)

Coercive Acts ×11
Boston Port Act ×8
Massachusetts Government Act ×6
Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain concerning the American colonies ×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	Coercive Acts → Punitive Acts →
appliesTo	American colonists in New England →
appliesToJurisdiction	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 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 → Boston Port Act → Massachusetts Government Act → Quartering Act of 1774 → Quebec Act →
historicalPeriod	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legalStatus	repealed or superseded →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	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 (46)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Declaration and Resolves → Declaration and Resolves ("Coercive Acts") → Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) ("Coercive Acts") → Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) ("Boston Port Act") → Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) ("Massachusetts Government Act") → Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill ("Boston Port Act") →	criticizes
First Continental Congress → First Continental Congress ("Boston Port Act") → First Continental Congress ("Massachusetts Government Act") → First Continental Congress ("Quartering Act of 1774") →	cause
Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill ("Boston Port Act") → Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill →	mainSubject
Battles of Lexington and Concord → Boston campaign ("Intolerable Acts crisis") → Petition to the King ("Coercive Acts") →	precededBy
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ("Coercive Acts") → Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ("Boston Port Act") → Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress ("Massachusetts Government Act") →	protests
Administration of Justice Act 1774 ("Massachusetts Government Act") → Administration of Justice Act 1774 ("Boston Port Act") → Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill ("Coercive Acts") →	relatedTo
Intolerable Acts ("Coercive Acts") → Intolerable Acts ("Punitive Acts") →	alsoKnownAs
Tea Act ("Coercive Acts") → Tea Act →	followedBy
Intolerable Acts ("Boston Port Act") → Intolerable Acts ("Massachusetts Government Act") →	hasPart
Frederick North, Lord North ("Coercive Acts") → Lord North ("Coercive Acts") →	legislativeAction
Continental Association → Continental Association ("Boston Port Act") →	motivatedBy
Administration of Justice Act 1774 ("Coercive Acts") → Administration of Justice Act 1774 →	partOf
Province of Massachusetts Bay →	associatedWith
Administration of Justice Act 1774 ("Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain concerning the American colonies") →	category
Quebec Act ("Intolerable Acts (by American colonists)") →	classifiedAs
British colonial authorities ("Coercive Acts") →	enforcedLaw
Minutemen →	formedAsResponseTo
Thomas Gage ("Intolerable Acts in Massachusetts") →	implementedPolicy
Province of Massachusetts Bay ("Massachusetts Government Act") →	introducedLaw
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms →	mentionsEvent
Committees of Correspondence →	opposedTo
American Revolutionary era →	significantEvent
Petition to the King →	topic