Intolerable Acts
The
Intolerable Acts, called by the English the
Coercive Acts or
Punitive Acts, were a series of laws passed by the
British Parliament in
1774 in response for the growing unrest in the American Colonies, particularly in
Boston, Massachusetts for the
Boston Tea Party.
The Acts include
The punitive effect of these laws generated a reaction in a great and growing sympathy for the colonists of
Massachusetts, encouraging the neighbouring colonies to band to together which would help lead to the
American Revolutionary War.