What Was The Purpose Of The Intolerable Act
Eriq Wilson
Mr. Lee
US History
26 April 2015
Intolerable Acts “Give me liberty or give me death!” This quote describes the feelings of Patrick Henry, an orator during the independence movement in Virginia in the 1770s. He said this quote to describe the Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts were trials of laws passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The purpose of these laws were to punish the colonists for throwing a large shipment of tea into the Boston harbor. The first of these laws, the Boston Port Act, was passed on March 31, 1774. The purpose of this act was to punish the colonists who lived in Boston after the Boston Tea Party. The port of Boston was closed because of this act. However, colonists pleaded that the act punished all of Boston, rather than those who destroyed the tea. The Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act, or Massachusetts Government Act, replaced the 1691 Charter, and gave the appointed royal governor complete control. This act was passed on May 20, 1774. Overall, the act put an end to the Massachusetts constitution. The royal governor, Thomas Gage, was chosen by King George III, in attempts to intimidate the residents of Boston. Gage was a general who commanded the British army in North America. Gage once said, “America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians …show more content…
This act stated that suspended the right of self- government, by allowing the royal governor to send colonists, who rebelled against authority, to other colonies, or Great Britain to be heard by a British judge. George Washington called the Justice Act the “Murder Act” because he believed it allowed British officials to harass Americans and escape justice. However, other colonies reacted to this act as well. Other colonies felt this law was “a violation of their constitutional rights, natural rights, and their colonial
Mr. Lee
US History
26 April 2015
Intolerable Acts “Give me liberty or give me death!” This quote describes the feelings of Patrick Henry, an orator during the independence movement in Virginia in the 1770s. He said this quote to describe the Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts were trials of laws passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The purpose of these laws were to punish the colonists for throwing a large shipment of tea into the Boston harbor. The first of these laws, the Boston Port Act, was passed on March 31, 1774. The purpose of this act was to punish the colonists who lived in Boston after the Boston Tea Party. The port of Boston was closed because of this act. However, colonists pleaded that the act punished all of Boston, rather than those who destroyed the tea. The Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act, or Massachusetts Government Act, replaced the 1691 Charter, and gave the appointed royal governor complete control. This act was passed on May 20, 1774. Overall, the act put an end to the Massachusetts constitution. The royal governor, Thomas Gage, was chosen by King George III, in attempts to intimidate the residents of Boston. Gage was a general who commanded the British army in North America. Gage once said, “America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians …show more content…
This act stated that suspended the right of self- government, by allowing the royal governor to send colonists, who rebelled against authority, to other colonies, or Great Britain to be heard by a British judge. George Washington called the Justice Act the “Murder Act” because he believed it allowed British officials to harass Americans and escape justice. However, other colonies reacted to this act as well. Other colonies felt this law was “a violation of their constitutional rights, natural rights, and their colonial