美国历史吗?是不是coerciveacts
TheIntolerableActsortheCoerciveActsarenamesusedtodescribeaseriesoflawspassedbytheBritishParliamentin1774relatingtoBritain'scoloniesinNorthAmerica.TheactstriggeredoutrageandresistanceintheThirteenColoniesthatlaterbecametheUnitedStates,andwereimportantdevelopmentsinthegrowthoftheAmericanRevolution.
FouroftheactswereissuedindirectresponsetotheBostonTeaPartyofDecember1773;theBritishParliamenthopedthesepunitivemeasureswould,bymakinganexampleofMassachusetts,reversethetrendofcolonialresistancetoparliamentaryauthoritythathadbegunwiththe1765StampAct.Afifthact,theQuebecAct,enlargedtheboundariesofwhatwasthentheProvinceofQuebecandinstitutedreformsgenerallyfavorabletotheFrenchCatholicinhabitantsoftheregion.
Manycolonistsviewedtheactsasanarbitraryviolationoftheirrights,andin1774theyorganizedtheFirstContinentalCongresstocoordinateaprotest.Astensionsescalated,theAmericanRevolutionaryWarbrokeoutthefollowingyear,eventuallyleadingtothecreationofanindependentUnitedStatesofAmerica.