Intolerable Acts

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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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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legalStatus repealed or superseded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

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Colonial Boston notableEvent Intolerable Acts
this entity surface form: Boston Port Act closure
Articles of Association relatedEvent Intolerable Acts
this entity surface form: Coercive Acts
Military Governor of Massachusetts Bay legalBasis Intolerable Acts
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Government Act
Military Governor of Massachusetts Bay legalBasis Intolerable Acts
this entity surface form: Coercive Acts