The+Intolerable+Acts

Intolerable Acts The Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts are names used to describe a series of five laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. King George III passed these laws to punish the town’s people who dumped a whole bunch of tea into the harbor. · The Quartering Act: the British government enabled the British soldiers to be housed in the civilian homes without the homeowner’s permission. · The Quebec Act: this act basically reestablished the Canadian borders. · The Administration of Justice Act: allowed the governor to move trials of accused royal officials to another colony or even to Great Britain if he believed the official could not get a fair trial in Massachusetts.

· The Massachusetts Government act: Under the terms of the Government Act, almost all positions in the colonial government were to be appointed by the governor or the king. · The Boston Port act: the first of the acts passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, closed the port of Boston until the East India Trading Company had been repaid for the destroyed tea and until the king was satisfied that order had been restored. The politicians making all of the acts.