mar 24, 1774 - Intolerable Acts 1774 The Intolerable Acts were meants to punish the colonists for the act of the Boston Tea Party. “When News of the Boston Tea Party reached London, King George 3rd realized that Britain was losing control of the colonies”. As a result, the intolerable acts were created just for that reason. The punishments within the act were called the coercive acts. One of the coercive acts are, he Boston Harbor being shut down until they have payed for all of the ruined tea.
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