To which country did the Intolerable Acts grant the land claimed by the colonists?
History · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were a series of punitive measures imposed by the British Parliament on the American colonies in 1774. These acts were a response to the Boston Tea Party and were intended to assert British authority over the colonies. The acts affected the colony of Massachusetts in particular.
The Intolerable Acts did not grant land to the colonists; instead, they restricted colonial self-government and increased British control. One of the acts, the Massachusetts Government Act, altered the colonial government of Massachusetts by reducing its powers and increasing the authority of the royal governor. The Boston Port Act closed the port of Boston until the East India Company had been reimbursed for the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party.