jan 1, 1774 - Coercive (Intolerable) Acts

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- Passed in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party: closing the Port of Boston, revoking a number of rights in the Massachusetts colonial charter, and expanding the Quartering Act to allow for the lodging of soldiers in private homes
- In response, colonists convened the First Continental Congress and called for a complete boycott of British goods.

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