The Intolerable Acts

The Intolerable Acts

Introduction

Intolerable Acts was the name given to acts enacted in 1774 by the British Parliament due to the continuing unrest in the thirteen American colonies, particularly in Boston after turbulent events like tea Mutiny Boston. The British Coercive Acts are also called as (Coercive Acts) or Punitive Acts (Acts Punitive). These records accelerated the processes that culminated in the War of Independence of the United States and the formation of the First Continental Congress. The intolerable acts were when the king of England wanted to react to the colonist Boston tea party. So he made the intolerable acts. The acts were primarily aimed at strengthening the role of Britain in the management of the American colonies. Four of the five acts were a response to the Boston Tea Party.

With these acts, the king and Parliament had intended to stop the growing movement of resistance in the colonies. However, these measures only worsened the situation, because the colonists believed their despotic violation of their rights. "Intolerable acts" have become the impetus for convening the First Continental Congress, whose goal was the adoption of measures to counter the policies pursued by the metropolis. The implementation of these acts played a major role in the onset of the War of Independence of the United States and the establishment of the Continental Congress. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the climate between Britain and the Americans prior to the Revolutionary war with explanation of every act with their causes and effects.

Discussion

In retaliation, Parliament passed the Coercive Acts in 1774, which the settlers called Intolerable Acts, designed to punish the colony of Massachusetts and demonstrate Parliament's sovereignty. Among other measures, the port of Boston was closed, altered the balance of power in the government of the colony for the Crown and it was agreed that the British personnel being charged for crimes committed in Massachusetts was only subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the metropolis. To monitor compliance with this strict set of laws, parliament elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts General Thomas Gage, head of the British Army in North America, the settlers understood as a merger of the authorities. Throughout the eighteenth century it was inevitable that the British colonies in North America, in the process of maturation, to forge a distinctive identity, grew much economic strength and cultural achievements and most already had many years of experience in self-government. In the 1760s, their combined population exceeded a million and half people: six-fold since 1700. However, Britain and America were no different patents until 1763, over a century and a half after the founding of the first permanent settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.

Prior to American Revolution war in 1774 there was an accumulation of tension and conflict between the 13 colonies and the metropolis, but also within the various social strata. The events that follow one another between 1763 and 1774 indicate that rising discontent, without taking a revolutionary character. It is therefore essential to analyze ...