how did the intolerable acts unite the colonies
2007-09-24 13:12:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The "intolerable acts" were the result of the "Boston Tea Party". The British Parliament decided to punish Massachusetts without any real investigation into what had happened. (Of course, the "Tea Party" was due to a tax on tea -- no taxation without representation.) The "intolerable acts" include allowing troops to be quartered in MA houses, closing the Port of Boston to trade, forbidding town meetings or assemblies, depriving the colony's legislature from choosing the governor's council and taking officers of the crown who had been accused of a crime out of the colony for trial. These acts were designed as punishment against MA but it turned out that all the colonies realized that they too could suffer in this way and they sent food to Boston. Virginia's House of Burgesses voted a day of fasting as a sign that they were sympathetic to MA in this terrible time. These acts only showed the Crown to be bent on making the colonies fall into line or...It became a big rallying point for the colonies against the Crown. As George III (who approved of the acts) wrote to Lord North, "The die is cast, the colonies must either triumph or submit."
The "intolerable acts" were just fuel on the colonial fires due to of the tea tax, the Townsend Acts, the earlier Stamp act, the Boston Massacre, etc. It led to the 1st Continental Congress in '74.
2007-09-24 13:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Intolerable Acts were laws that were really punishments that King George III put on the colonies. He did this to the Colonists because he wanted to punish them for dumping tea into the harbor at the Boston Tea Party. The Quakers petitioned King George to repeal or end the acts, but he said that the colonies must submit to these English laws.
Parliament replied to the "Boston Tea Party" with the five Coercive Acts of 1774. The colonists dubbed them the "Intolerable Acts." They were an important factor contributing to the American Revolution.
The Boston Port Act: The first of these closed the port of Boston until the East India Company was paid for the lost tea. This created a great hardship for the people of Boston whose livlihood depended on trade.
Massachusetts Government Act: The second modified the Massachusetts Charter of 1691, taking away many of its rights of self-government. Massachusetts was very proud of its independence and was angry at this infringement on its rights.
Administration of Justice Act: The third measure provided that British officials accused of committing crimes in a colony might be taken to England for trial.
The Quartering Act: The fourth measure allowed the governor of Massachusetts to quarter soldiers at Boston in taverns and unoccupied buildings.
The Quebec Act: The fifth act was not intended to punish the colonies. It extended the boundaries of the province of Quebec.
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2007-09-24 13:36:20 · answer #2 · answered by Kekionga 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The four acts were all pro Britain and hurt Americans. The colonies united in sympathy for Massachusetts.
2007-09-24 13:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by staisil 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How would YOU like having a soldier live in your house and YOU had to feed him and give him a bedroom?
How would YOU like a major city under lockdown?
How would YOU like your government disbanded and all trials would take place in England and it took 6 weeks to travel there.
2007-09-24 13:21:56 · answer #4 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read the Declaration of Independence, it answers this very clearly.
2007-09-24 13:15:02 · answer #5 · answered by Steve C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋