Intolerable+Acts

//Intolerable Acts//




=== Why? Throughout the 1760's and early 1770's, colonial resistance to Parliament increased dramatically and tensions escalated. Finally, the Boston Tea Party provoked Parliament to pass the Intolerable Acts, which eventually led to the Revolution. The British were convinced that severe punishment was essential to their credibility. ===

Administration of Justice Act -- British soldiers or officials charged with a crime were allowed to be tried in the colonies //or// in England
=== Massachusetts Government Act -- Overturned Massachusetts charter of 1691, made the council appointive, and restricted town meetings. General Gage became the new governor, and he was permitted to use force on civilians as necessary. ===

Result:
=== The Intolerable Acts brought many of the colonies together, and politicized the countryside. Though the Boston Port Act could not be nullified, colonists from outside of Boston sent a steady stream of supplies to help the city survive. The Government Act evoked the most radical response. When Gage tried to appoint the new upper house of the government, the officers either resigned or fled to Boston. The Superior Court also could not hold its sessions because jurors would not take an oath. As a replacement of the now British-held government in Massachusetts, colonists organized provincial congresses.Ultimately, the colonial response to this act led to war; Gage's soldiers marched to Concord to enforce the act, and the first battle of the Revolution took place there. === === Settlers were appalled by the Quebec Act. The religious freedom given to Catholics was viewed as a deliberate revival of the Catholic church. Some settlers suspected that the government of Quebec would be imposed on them, and that there was a conspiracy in London to destroy colonial liberties. ===

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