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A series of acts meant to punish the colonies. Also called the Intolerable acts
The Coercive act and the Quebec act became known as the Intolerable acts.
Intolerable act
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts.
A series of acts meant to punish the colonies. Also called the Intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts
the colonists called it the intolerable acts but it was formally known as coercive act
The Coercive act and the Quebec act became known as the Intolerable acts.
To coerce someone is to make them do something by physical force. So a coercive act is the application of that force.
Intolerable act
Intolerable Acts
The given name of the Intolerable Acts was the Coercive Acts. The colonists referred to them as the Intolerable Acts.
The given name of the Intolerable Acts was the Coercive Acts. The colonists referred to them as the Intolerable Acts.
The Coercive Acts,which were implemented on the American Colonies by Great Britain, were called the "Intolerable Acts" by the colonists, because they viewed the Coercive Acts as British encroachment of their rights. The American Colonies did not tolerate Britain's implementation of the Coercive acts, thus they deemed the acts as the "Intolerable Acts". The colonists used this diction (which in fact is a logical fallacy) as propaganda, to draw more colonists to side with them against British unjustice.
The American Colonists renamed the Coercive Acts to the Intolerable Acts because they found them so unbearable.