Coersive Acts

Coercive Acts of 1774
- Boston Port Bill (June 1 1774)
The Boston Port was closed until East Indian Company paid for the damages of the tea party and the Parliament paid the tax due on the tea.
- The Administration of Justice Act (May 20 1774)
British soldiers could not be tried for any crimes that they might commit in provincial courts. They would be extradited back to Britain and tried there. Americans called this the murder act because the offenders had little chance of being given a fair trial in America, but little chance of justice being met in Britain either.
- Quartering Act (March 24 1765)
This law required that colonial authorities furnish barracks and supplies ...