Intollerable Acts

Lecture 1: Intolerable Acts

Take notes using the page in your handout labeled "Lecture 1: Intolerable Acts.

Following the actions of the colonists in Boston, Parliament meant to punish the colonists who destroyed the tea.

​Boston Tea Party

Multiple Choice

What happened following the Boston Tea Party?

• The American colonies declared independence from Britain.
• The British government repealed the Tea Act.
• The British government increased taxes on tea.
• The British government passed the Coercive Acts.

Since the Mayflower Compact, New England had been making laws to government on their own. These laws were made at a town hall.

Town Hall Meeting

The colonists had ruled on their own before restrictions came from Parliament and the king. Closing the town hall meant self-government had ended for the colonists.

Self-Government

​New England Government

Multiple Choice

How did closing town halls change life for the colonists in New England?

• Decreased their sense of community and unity.
• Reduced their access to information and news.
• Limited their ability to gather, discuss community issues, make decisions, and participate in local governance.
• Diminished their ability to voice concerns and grievances.

Following the French and Indian War, when British troops were sent to the colonies, laws were passed to force colonists to feed, provide drink, and places to sleep to British soldiers.

Quartering Act

New laws passed following the Boston Tea Party meant that all colonists had to provide for British soldiers.

Intolerable Acts

Multiple Choice

When did the Quartering Act take effect?

• March 24, 1775
• March 24, 1785
• March 24, 1795
• March 24, 1765

One of the actions following the Boston Tea Party was to close Boston Harbor.

Closing Boston Harbor

The Importance of Boston Harbor

Boston Harbor

• Important for trade and travel

• A key stop on the Atlantic Trade

• Provided goods for the growing colonies

Colonists react

Parliament wanted to cut off Boston

Other colonies rallied to help the people of Boston by sending food and clothing.

Multiple Choice

How did Parliament punish the people of Boston following the Boston Tea Party?

• Closing the port of New York

• Sending more British troops to Boston
• Passing the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
• Imposing a tax on tea

​This law created a government for Canada and extended its territory south all the way to the Ohio River. This action ignored the colonies' claims to that region.

Quebec Act

Colonial Land Claims

Western Lands

Most colonies extended their boarders much farther west of the Appalachian Mountains. Taking this land left the colonists thinking they had what was rightfully theirs taken.

Multiple Choice

What was the Quebec Act?

• An act passed by the British Parliament in 1774 that granted religious freedom to French Protestants in Quebec.
• An act passed by the French Parliament in 1774 that granted religious freedom to British Catholics in Quebec.
• An act passed by the British Parliament in 1774 that expanded the territory of Quebec to include the Ohio River Valley.

• An act passed by the British Parliament in 1774 that restricted the rights of French Catholics in Quebec.

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