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[[image:BostonTea.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Colonists throwing tea into Boston harbor.]]
[[image:BostonTea.jpg|140px|right|thumb|Colonists throwing tea into Boston harbor.]]
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]].
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]].