jun 2, 1774 - intolerable acts

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The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts in Britain, were a series of punitive measures imposed by the British Parliament on the American colonies in 1774. These included the Boston Port Act, which closed Boston's port until damages were paid, the Massachusetts Government Act, which revoked the colony's charter and increased British control over its government, the Administration of Justice Act, which allowed British officials to be tried in Britain, and the Quartering Act, which expanded the Quartering Act of 1765. These acts were viewed as repressive and oppressive by American colonists, contributing to the American Revolutionary War.

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