INTOLERABLE Acts
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The Intolerable Acts, as they were known in America, included the following:
Boston Port Act (March 31) : The king closed Boston Harbor to everything but British ships, boycotting the colonists, until the East India colony was paid for the lost tea on the Boston Tea Party.
Quartering Act (June 22) : To enforce this measure the British sent troops and warships to Boston and allow soldiers to inhabit n colonial buildings at expense of the colonists.
Quebec Act (June 2) : British expanded the boundaries of the province of Quebec, the southern border of Canada and cut off the western colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia. People that lived in that area lost heir land.
Administration of Justice Act (June 2) : British officers that committed crimes in the colonies had to go to trial in England.
Massachusetts Government Act (May 20) : Consisted in taking away right of self-government. Government positions were appointed by the governor or directly by the king. Strict limits were placed on the town meetings. This was established with the intention of forcing Boston out of resistance.
In rural Massachusetts, people reacted to the British action with violence. They were armed with clubs and guns to force the courts of law to shut down. They also assaulted anyone that accepted an office under the governors commands or spoke in favor of the parliament. And used tarring and feathering to torture the victims.
