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British Parliament
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The Forgotten Spark: When Was the Intolerable Acts That Sparked Revolution?
These laws, officially titled the Coercive Acts in Britain but dubbed the Intolerable Acts by the colonists, were designed to crush rebellion. By closing...
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When Were the Intolerable Acts? The Turning Point That Sparked a Revolution
The acts were passed in response to the December 1773 Boston Tea Party, where colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. London’s reaction...