The Coercive Acts

Known by the colonies as The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws passed by the Parliament in 1774 as response for the Boston Tea Party. This motion was supported by the  Brititsh Prime Minister Lord North and encouraged by King George III with the purpose of restoring the order in colonial Massachussetts.
There were five intolerable ancts and are yhe following:

1. Quebec Act  : British expanded the frontiers of  Quebec, so that the southern border of Canada  cut off the western colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia. People that lived in that area lost heir land and were very angry against the Parliament, The King and The english Prime Minister.
2. Boston Port Act :The English closed Boston´s port for every boat that wasn´t English until the colonists paid for the tea they had thrown to the sea.
3. Quartering Act : To reinforce Britain´s authority the King sent troops to the colonies to control the situation and the colonists were forced to give them housing.
4. Administration of Justice Act : English that commited crimes in the colonies  went to trial in England.
5. Massachussetts Government act   this act took  away  the right of self-government. Government positions were appointed by the governor or directly by the king.