The Intolerable Acts, by Kayla W.

The Intolerable Acts were laws designed to punish Boston and the rest of Massachusetts, and to strengthen British control over all of the colonies. The first act closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. The second act revoked the Massachusetts charter of 1692 and forbade colonists to have meetings. The third act allowed royal officials who were charged in Massachusetts to be tried in other colonies to avoid hostile juries. The fourth act ordered local officials to provide food and housing if necessary for British soldiers.