2h 26min, mar 28, 1774 y - On March 28, 1774
Parliament responded
to the Boston Tea Party with
the Coercive Acts. These were
harsh restrictions placed on town
meetings in Boston, the closing of
the Boston Harbor, British Officials
in Massachusetts were given full
immunity in all criminal prosecution,
and forced Colonists to house British
soldiers. These acts were the final
straw for many colonists before they
declared Independence.
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