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For acts passed from 1801 onwards, see the list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament, the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru; see also the list of ...
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.
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]
Pages in category "Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1767" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Royal statutes, etc. issued before the development of Parliament. 1225–1267; 1275–1307; 1308–1325; Temp. incert. 1327–1376; 1377–1397; 1399–1411
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In 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts which added different types of taxes which were used to fund colonial governors and judges. [3] Among the new law's provisions was an import tax on items such as glass, paper, and tea—all of which had to be imported from Britain. [ 11 ]