Intolerable Acts
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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INTOLERABLE ACTS
Started in March 31, 1774
It started with the series of acts British Parliament passed in 1774 in reaction to the Boston Tea Party came to be known in the American colonies
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The Intolerable Acts of 1774 led to the First Continental Congress on October 14, 1774. The Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Rights in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament. The Declaration of Rights outlined colonial objections to the Intolerable Acts, listed a colonial bill of rights details of grievances.
THE NUMBER OF ACTS
- 1st of the Intolerable Acts - March 31, 1774-boston port act
- 2nd of the Intolerable Acts - May 20, 1774-Massachusetts government act
- 3rd of the Intolerable Acts - May 20, 1774-administration of justice act
- 4th of the Intolerable Acts - June 2, 1774-quartering act
- 5th of the Intolerable Acts - June 22, 1774-Quebec act
The first of the Intolerable Acts closed the port of Boston so tightly that the colonists could not bring hay from Charlestown to give to their starving horses
The second of the Intolerable Acts put an end to the constitution of Massachusetts - only one town meeting was permitted a year in Massachusetts, unless approved by the governor. Town officials would no longer be elected, they were to be be appointed by the royal governor. The executive council would no longer be elected, but appointed by the King. The Massachusetts Government Act revoked the colony's 1691 charter
The third of the Intolerable Acts gave the power for all trials in the colony to be sent to Great Britain and heard under a British judge
The fourth of the punishing Intolerable Acts compelled the colonists to feed and shelter the soldiers employed to punish them
fifth act is also included in the Intolerable Acts of 1774 and relates to Quebec and Ohio. This 'Intolerable Act' was also passed in 1774 and, although it was not directed at punishing the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, it was seen as a new model for an authoritarian British colonial administration and another threat to the independence of the colonies
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