The Intolerable Acts were passed by the British Parliament in 1774. Specifically, the acts were passed mainly between March and June 1774:
- The Boston Port Act was passed on March 31, 1774.
- The Massachusetts Government Act and the Administration of Justice Act were passed on May 20, 1774.
- The Quartering Act was amended on June 2, 1774.
- These acts collectively were intended to punish the colonies, especially Massachusetts, for the Boston Tea Party and were deeply resented by the American colonists.
The term "Intolerable Acts" is what American colonists called these laws because of their harshness, which led to outrage and helped spark the American Revolutionary War. The First Continental Congress met later in 1774 to coordinate a response to these acts.
