<P> The Intolerable Acts was the term invented by 19th century historians to refer to a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party . The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Boston Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods . In Great Britain , these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts . </P>
<P> The Intolerable Acts was the term invented by 19th century historians to refer to a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party . The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Boston Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods . In Great Britain , these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts . </P>
the coercive acts which restricted the colonists civil rights were also called the
the coercive acts which restricted the colonists civil rights were also called the
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts