Coercive+Acts+or+Intolerable+Acts

= The Coercive Acts or the "Intolerable Acts" By: Daniel Kenner and AJ Macino =


 * = A series of five laws passed by the British Parliament =
 * = The acts triggered outrage and resistance in the colonies =
 * = Were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution =
 * = 1774 =
 * = Four of the acts were issued in direct response to the Boston Tea Party of December 1773 =
 * = Many colonists viewed the acts as an violation of their rights =
 * = The government spent large sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts =
 * = Passed after the Boston Tea Party =
 * = Relating to Britain's colonies in North America =
 * = Important developments in the growth of the American Revolution =
 * = Four of the acts were issued in direct response to the Boston Tea Party =
 * = Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, Quebec Act =