Intolerable Acts

The "Intolerable Acts," officially known as the "Coercive Acts ", was the last act on the colonists. Though it was not a tax, it was a punishment on the citizens of Boston after dumping 340 chests of East India tea into Boston Harbor, which floated into the Atlantic Ocean. That literally put the British government into heavy debt, and were forced to take action. King George III sent British troops to Boston city. Their first action was to force taxes on the tea, and, of course, the colonists refused, so the British closed down Boston Harbor and suspended imports/exports and transportation. This furiouted the colonists and they had to take action. They said that Britain can no longer control them and prepared for negotiations, which failed and began the war.

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 * "Intolerable Acts" was a nickname for the Coercive Acts for they were intolerable.