Dictionary definition: ‘Intolerable Acts’

Article: Intolerable Acts (1774)
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History;      700+ words ...INTOLERABLE ACTS (1774) The Boston Tea Party ... are known collectively as the Intolerable Acts. The Boston Port Act, passed in March of 1774 ... Quebec Act to be part of the Intolerable Acts, colonial radicals grouped ...

Article: Intolerable Acts
Dictionary of American History;      542 words ...INTOLERABLE ACTS INTOLERABLE ACTS. The four Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, formed Britain's ... withdrawn, Britain would not retreat this time. The Boston Port Act closed Boston to seaborne commerce until the town paid ...

Dictionary definition: Intolerable Acts, the
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;      312 words ...Intolerable Acts, the derogatory term for four measures enacted by the British Parliament in 1774 against the American colonies, by which the ...

Article: Illegal Settlements, Intolerable Acts
The Washington Post;  March 2, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Israeli apologists have attempted to portray the massacre in Hebron as the result of the actions of a single individual or, at worst, a very small group of extremists, numbering about 20, who need to be restricted and disarmed to solve the problem, placate the Palestinians and ensure that such

Article: Tea Party Independence: The Third Phase of the American ...
The Historian;  June 22, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... American] defiance, and yet that any reconciliation would be resented." Among the Intolerable Acts legislated against Massachusetts, only the Boston Port Act was intended to be "coercive," while the Massachusetts Government Act was "remedial ...

Transcript: SAFE PORT ACT:STEWART BAKER
Congressional Testimony;  October 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... passage of the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act (SAFE Port Act). This hearing, coming only a few days after the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the SAFE Port Act, provides an opportunity to discuss not only the ...

Transcript: SAFE PORT ACT:THOMAS WINKOWSKI
Congressional Testimony;  October 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... you today the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act (SAFE Port Act) and the efforts of CBP nearly one year after its ... the House and Senate in the development of the SAFE Port Act and applaud the high level of Congressional interest ...