Wheres the Love

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Wheres the Love

• Part 3

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Wheres The Love? Part 3
England decides to punish Boston for the Boston
Tea Party
They pass The Coercive Acts
Coerce
to force someone to do something
England wanted to coerce Boston to pay back the
tea they destroyed.
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4 laws in the Coercive Acts
1. Boston Port Act - Closed off the port of
Boston.
2. Administration of Justice Act - protected
Redcoat soldiers from Boston courts.
3. Massachusetts Government Act - Gave more power
to the governor.
4. Quartering Act - British soldiers can live in
colonists houses.
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The colonists called the Coercive Acts something
else
The Intolerable Acts
Intolerable
cant take it anymore
-Representation from each colony meet to discuss
what is happening in Boston
The First Continental Congress