Coercive+Acts

=The Coersive Acts=

(aka: The Intolerable Acts)
The Coercive Acts, otherwise referred to by the colonists as the Intolerable Acts, were put into effect in 1774 as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. The amount of money lost in that single attack on Parliament's Tea Act was enough to drive Britain over the edge. This was Britain's last attempt to quell the colonies thirst for dominance and superiority in the colonies; nevertheless, what Britain was unaware of, was that this single gesture would trigger an explosion of separatism and opposition that would lead up to the single most important war ever to be fought in the history of America, the American Revolution.

The Intolerable Acts included: The Quartering Act of 1765 The Boston Port Act of 1774 The Administartion of Justice Act of 1774 The Massachusetts Government Act of 1774 The Quebec Act of 1774

The Quartering Act was passed on March 24,1765 which subjected the colonists to house any British troops which should come to their door. The colonists were forced to feed them and provide them with anything that they should need with no compensation in return.

The Boston Port Act was passed on March 31, 1774 which outlawed the use of the Boston port. The British set up a huge blockade of ships around Boston, not allowing anything in nor out. The Boston port was the main source of supplies for the Massachusettes Bay colony so the colonists were hit hard with this act. Many cooperative colonies sent supplies to the colonists of Massachusetts so that they might survive.

The Administration of justice Act was passed on May 20, 1774 which removed the local judiciary system giving free reign to the governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, only if however, any "inquisition, indictment or appeal be tried in Great Britain or in another British Colony, providing for coercing any witnesses to appear at such a trial, and requiring bail for any person accused of a "capital crime in the execution of their duty.""

The Massachusetts Government Act was passed on May 20, 1774 and was probably one of the most effective for the king. This act removed the option of elections for the councilers and assistants of the Massachusetts Bay Colony making all of the positions appointed by the king to be served under and during his term. This basically took away any of the serving colonial men, and replaced them with a British brute under commission of the king.

The last and final act was the Quebec act which was passed in 1774 to secure allegiance with France after the Seven Years War as to not lose them to the current colonial rebellion. The colonists grew enraged by the vast lands that the French received in this act and theability for them to practice their Roman Catholic faith. This further spited the colonists and brought the eve of the revolution all that much closer.

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