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1774
Intolerable Acts
London, 1774
Britain was outraged by the Boston Tea Party -- colonists dumping cargoes of tea from British ships into Boston Harbor. Parliament retaliated with legislation that came to be called the "Intolerable Acts." The measures strengthened royal authority. Boston's port was closed, and colonists were forced to house troops. Colonial newspapers rallied with slogans such as "Join or Die!" The First Continental Congress approved a boycott of British goods. The move toward revolution accelerated. |