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  2. Intolerable Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Intolerable Acts, sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, were a series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest of the Tea Act , a tax measure enacted by Parliament in May 1773.

  3. Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

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    In the wake of the Boston Tea Party, the British government instated the Coercive Acts, called the Intolerable Acts in the colonies. [1] There were five Acts within the Intolerable Acts: the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, the Quartering Act, and; the Quebec Act. [1]

  4. Orangetown Resolutions - Wikipedia

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    The resolutions were part of a widespread movement of town and county protests of the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament in 1774. The resolutions were adopted at the home of Yoast Mabie, a Dutch colonial house in Tappan, New York, in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County. The house was demolished in 1835.

  5. Jesus: His Life - Wikipedia

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    Jesus: His Life is a British drama TV series about the life of Jesus told by the closest people to him. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is interviewed and consulted by a diverse group of scholars such as Robert Cargill, Father Jonathan Morris, Reverend Gabriel Salguero, and Pastor Susan Sparks. [ 3 ]

  6. Petition to the King - Wikipedia

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    The Petition to the King was a petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress in 1774, calling for the repeal of the Intolerable Acts. The King's rejection of the Petition, was one of the causes of the later United States Declaration of Independence and American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress had hoped to ...

  7. Augusta Resolves - Wikipedia

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    After Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, the Virginia House of Burgesses proclaimed that June 1, 1774, would be a day of "fasting, humiliation, and prayer" as a show of solidarity with Boston.

  8. List of actors who have played Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Jesus in Film and TV: 13 Devilishly Handsome Actors Who've Played the Son of God; 20 Actors That Have Played Jesus Christ; Actors who have portrayed Jesus; Actors Who Played Jesus; A look at actors who have played Jesus in movies; Blestemul unui rol fascinant: ce s-a intamplat cu actorii care l-au jucat pe Iisus in filme, ProTv

  9. Olive Branch Petition - Wikipedia

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    Dickinson asked that King George III establish a lasting settlement between Great Britain and the colonies "upon so firm a basis as to perpetuate its blessings, uninterrupted by any future dissensions, to succeeding generations in both countries", beginning with the repeal of the Intolerable Acts.