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The '''Intolerable Acts''' , called the '''Coercive Acts''' by Parliament, were four acts enacted by the [[British]] Parliament in 1774, in response to the [[Gaspee Affair]] and the [[Boston Tea Party]]. The Acts included the [[Boston Port Act]], which closed the entire port of [[Boston]], the [[Quartering Act]], which made the colonists feed and shelter British troops, the [[Massachusetts Government Act]], which made [[Massachusetts]] a Royal Colony without elections (but instead a governor appointed by the King), and the [[Administration of Justice Act]]. The [[Quebec Act]], passed during the same time as the other four acts, was also vehemently opposed by those living in the British colonies. As such, it is often times included as a fifth intolerable act by historians.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Brief_American_Pageant_A_History_of/WnZTCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA95 The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Volume I: To 1877]</ref> The laws were so disagreeable that the colonists called them the "Intolerable" Acts. Along with the [[Navigation Acts]] and [[Stamp Act]], they contributed to the colonists' dissatisfaction with the British, leading to the creation of the [[Continental Association]] as well as the [[American Revolution]]. ==References=={{reflist}}