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The Boston Tea Party
- The Boston Tea Party angered the King and thus, he created the intolerable acts

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- Passed on March 25, 1774 by Parliament
- Forced upon citizens of Boston to pay for dumped tea at the Boston Tea Party (Dec 16, 1773)
- First, easiest act to pass through Parliament
- King George III appointed General Thomas Gage (May 1774) as part of effort against Boston
- "And if any such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall, within the said town, or in any the places aforesaid, be laden or taken in from the shore... such barge, hoy, lighter, wherry, or boat, shall be forfeited and lost."
(http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/boston_port_act.asp)

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The ability to move capitol trial of British Officers to the Britain. Thus providing protection for corrupt ranking officers.
(http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/admin_of_justice_act.asp)

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Ensured residence for British Officers in the colonies. Forced the colonists to provide housing for British Soldiers. Hurt businesses and violated colonial privacy.
" than there are effective soldiers present to be quartered therein: and in order that this service may be effectually provided for, the commander in chief in America,"
(http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/quartering_act_165.asp)

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- An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America.
- Gave Britain more control in Quebec
- Boston thought it would happen to them
- "WHEREAS his Majesty, by his Royal Proclamation bearing Date the seventh Day of October, in the third Year of his Reign, thought fit to declare the Provisions."
(http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/quebec_act_1774.asp)

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The Coersive Acts or the "Intolerable Acts"

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The Coersive Acts or the "Intolerable Acts"

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Were five laws passed by British Parliament to establish firm control over the American Colonies.

They included:
1) Boston Port Act
2) Massachusetts Government Act
3) Administration of Justice Act
4) Quartering Act
5) Quebec Act

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- Society split between loyalists (Britain) and patriots (America)
- Leads to American Revolutionary War

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This political cartoon displays Lord North, with the Boston Port Bill in his pocket, forcing tea down the throat of a female colonist. The British created the Boston Port Act to force tea onto the colonists.

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- Passed by Parliament on May 20, 1774
- Preamble was most threatening of acts
- No town meetings (except for one annual meeting) could be called without permission of governor
- All future counselors chosen by Crown
- Governor is sole authority to appoint judges, attorney general, sheriff, court officers
- "That from and after the said first day of August [1774], no meeting shall be called by the select men, or at the request of any number of freeholders of any township, district, or precinct, without the leave of the governor."
(http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/mass_gov_act.asp)