The Influence Of The Intolerable Acts (1776)

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The Intolerable Acts was an act where Britain closed the port of Boston due to what the Sons of Liberty did during the Boston tea Party. Britain also made the colonists let random soldiers to live in their houses for a few days and feed and take care of them too. During the Intolerable acts period Britain made a rule that no meetings could be held in Boston without permission. This angered the colonists very much. The result of all of this was more protests and boycotts.

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