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The Coercive Act (1774)
Quick Facts:


 * It was also known as The Intolerable Act
 * names used to describe a series of five laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to British colonies in North America
 * Four of the acts were issued in direct response to the Boston Tea Party of December 1773
 * Colonists viewed the acts as an arbitrary violation of their rights, and in 1774 they organized the First Continental Congress to coordinate a protest.
 * The American Revolutionary War broke out the following year, eventually leading to the creation of an independent United States of America

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