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[[image:BostonTea.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Colonists throwing tea into Boston harbor.]]

[[image:BostonTea.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Colonists throwing tea into Boston harbor.]]

The British passed the '''Boston Port Act''' on March 7, 1774, ordering that [[Boston]] Harbor be closed in order to punish the Colony of Massachusetts for the [[Boston Tea Party]], until the cost of the tea destroyed during the Tea Party had been paid for. Residents responded by sending food to Boston from the surrounding towns.<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-07&view=View</ref>

The '''Boston Port Act''' was one of five legislative acts encompassing what came to be known as the [[Intolerable Acts]]. Passed by Parliament in March 7, 1774, the act ordered that [[Boston]] Harbor be closed in order to punish the Colony of Massachusetts for the [[Boston Tea Party]].

 

After the destruction of the tea, there was a significant cost incurred against the British East India Company.  The condition laid by Parliament was that the colonists needed to pay the cost of the tea destroyed during the Tea Party. In response, residents the surrounding towns sent food to Boston to help prevent them from giving in.<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-07&view=View</ref>

The Commander at [[Bunker Hill]], William Prescott, wrote that ''"Providence has placed you where you must stand the first shock ...  If we submit to these regulations, all is gone."''

The Commander at [[Bunker Hill]], William Prescott, wrote that ''"Providence has placed you where you must stand the first shock ...  If we submit to these regulations, all is gone."''