History of the United States . e king and Parliament. In the matter of thetea they had done no more than the people in several other colo-nies, but their action with regard to the teacapped the climax of a long series of difficul-ties between the people of the colony and theauthorities of the mother country in politics,religion, and trade. 64. Parliament Passes the IntolerableActs.—Consequently, in 1774, Parliamentpassed five measures which became known asthe Intolerable Acts; four of these wereaimed at Massachusetts in particular, whilethe fifth limited the western boundaries of allthe coloni
History of the United States . e king and Parliament. In the matter of thetea they had done no more than the people in several other colo-nies, but their action with regard to the teacapped the climax of a long series of difficul-ties between the people of the colony and theauthorities of the mother country in politics,religion, and trade. 64. Parliament Passes the IntolerableActs.—Consequently, in 1774, Parliamentpassed five measures which became known asthe Intolerable Acts; four of these wereaimed at Massachusetts in particular, whilethe fifth limited the western boundaries of allthe colonies north of the Carolinas. The firstof these acts was the Boston Port Bill, whichdeclared Boston harbor closed to commerceuntil the tea destroyed there was paid for; thesecond was the Massachusetts GovernmentAct, which was intended to deprive the peopleof Massachusetts of a great measure of the self-government that they had hitherto enjoyed; the third was theAdministration of Justice Act, which provided that all magistrates,. ALEXANDER HAMILTON Born West Indies, , 1757; educated atKings College, N. Y.; be-came, at 17, a colonialleader; served in Conti-nental army with mari^edsuccess, promoted to staffof Washington; leader inConstitutional Conven-tion; first Secretary ofTreasury under Washing-ton ; was mortally woundedbv Aaron Burr in duel, July11, 1804. THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 105 revenue officers, and soldiers accused of murder or other capitalcrimes incurred in the execution of their official duties were to betried in Britain or Nova Scotia; the fourth was an act providing forthe quartering of British troops on the people; and the fifth ofthese Intolerable Acts was that known as the Quebec Act, whichprovided that all the British territory west of the Alleghenies andnorth of the Ohio was to be included in the province of Quebec. Although, as shown above, four of these acts were directedprincipally against Boston and Massachusetts, the other colonies,from motives
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