The Intolerable Acts

1. In the spring of 1774, Parliament passed four harsh laws that colonists called the ___________________________________ .

• TEA ACT

• INTOLERABLE ACTS

2. Massachusetts’s charter was drastically _______________________________ .

• OVERHAULED

• IGNORED

3. All ________________________________ in Massachusetts were to be disbanded.

• COERCIVE ACTS

• COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE

4. The Coercive Acts dispatched four regiments of British soldiers to Boston and authorized army officers to __________________________________

the troops in the homes of private citizens.

• EVICT

• QUARTER

5. The Quebec Act shifted the western boundary of the territory to the _____________________________ River.

• MISSISSIPPI

• MISSOURI

6. Several members of Parliament warned that the Coercive Acts would lead to massive ________________ throughout the colonies.

• ACCEPTANCE

• RESISTANCE

7. __________________ spoke out against the Coercive Acts in the House of Lords for punishing the innocent.

• PAUL REVERE

• WILLIAM PITT

8. ________________________ dismissed the arguments against the Coercive Acts, assuring Parliament that they had nothing to worry about.

• JOHN ADAMS

• LORD NORTH

9. King George III informed Prime Minister North that the colonies would soon ___________________ to their rule.

• SUBMIT

• REBEL

10. Colonial leaders had convened something called the Continental Congress to meet in ___________________________ in the fall.

• PHILADELPHIA

• NEW YORK