Purpose
What event led the British to implement the Intolerable Acts?
What effect did the Boston Port Act have on the colonists?
Closed the tea-stained Boston Harbor to stop colonists from importing and exporting goods
What did the colonists believe the Intolerable Acts took away from them?
Natural rights, control over their own lives, and ideal outlined in their colonial charters
What was King George III's response to the petition sent by the First Continental Congress?
He ignored it and did not respond
What were the Intolerable Acts initially called?
Coercive Acts
What effect did the Massachusetts Regulatory Act have on the colonists?
Increases the power of a British royal governor in Massachusetts, taking away authority of local colonial courts
How did the Intolerable Acts unify the colonists?
Meeting of the First Continental Congress
What happened after King George ignored the petition the colonists sent?
Meeting of the Second Continental Congress
What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?
To suppress the colonists and reimpose strict British control
What effect did the Administration of Justice Act have on the colonists?
Colonists and British officials accused of a crime would be sent to trial in England or another colony
What did the organization of the of the continental congresses ultimately lead to?
Unification leads to Revolution
What acts were passed under the Intolerable Acts?
Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Regulatory Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, and Quebec Act
What effect did the Quartering Act have on the colonists?
British troops were lodged into private colonial family homes
What effect did the Quebec Act have on the colonists?
Catholic influence was encroaching on colonists territories and colonists lose their land