i had been following with increasing indignation the escalating legislative assault on america from london the tea act and the boston tea party , the massachusetts government act , which altered the massachusetts charter and restricted town meetings ; the administration of justice act , the boston port act , which closed the port of boston until the british had been compensated for the tea lost in the boston tea party , and the quartering act of 1774 , which allowed royal governors to house british troops in the homes of citizens without requiring permission of the owner .