paper, and paint; the Quartering Act (1765), in which colonists had to take British soldiers into their homes; and the Intolerable Acts (1774) which closed Boston Harbor.

and the Coercive or Intolerable Acts of 1774. These events caused a change in the consciousness of the people, as John Adams later observed. What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no ...

By 1774, Norfolk had 1,300 buildings and 6,500 residents ... circuit and interacted with small farmers who cared little about tea, taxes, tariffs and Intolerable Acts. “These things will not affect ...

Yet, two intolerable acts of Parliament so assaulted personal freedom that they broke the bonds with the mother country. The first was the Stamp Act of 1765, which required colonists to have ...

Yet, two intolerable acts of Parliament so assaulted personal freedom that they broke the bonds with the mother country. The first was the Stamp Act of 1765, which required colonists to have ...

The New Kent Resolves — adopted by county citizens on July 1774 — will be re-adopted at 11 a.m. The Resolves were in response to the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament ...

This is a vile and intolerable act, which I condemn with the utmost firmness, since it represents a clear violation of my privacy and the principles of legality. I have full confidence in the work ...

This is a vile and intolerable act, which I condemn with the utmost firmness, as it represents a blatant violation of my privacy and the principles of legality." "I have full confidence in the ...

King George III was livid. In the spring of 1774, he passed the Intolerable Acts. It closed down Boston Harbor and limited self-governance in Massachusetts. The colonists responded. In the fall of ...

But what set the flame of revolution was Parliament's Coercive Acts, rightly called the Intolerable Acts by Americans, with General Thomas Gage—the first military governor of Massachusetts ...