On March 25, 1774, British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston and demanding that the city's residents pay for the nearly $1 million worth (in today's money) of tea dumped into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773.
The goal of the Boston Port Bill, one of the Intolerable Acts, was to isolate Boston by closing its harbor. This law, a direct consequence of the Boston Tea Party, closed the Boston harbor to all ships, whatever the purpose of their trip, until compensation was paid to the Royal Treasury and the East India Company.
Administration of Justice Act, also called Murder Act, British act (1774) that had the stated purpose of ensuring a fair trial for British officials who were charged with capital offenses while upholding the law or quelling protests in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
The act effectively abrogated the Massachusetts Charter of 1691 of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and gave its royally-appointed governor wide-ranging powers. The colonists said that it altered by parliamentary fiat, the basic structure of colonial government, vehemently opposed it, and would not let it operate.
Colonists wanted to discuss the new taxes. Why did the colonists form a Stamp Act Congress in 1765? that only the colonial government could tax the colonists. Items included lead, glass, paper, paint and tea were taxed.
A major consequence of the Boston Tea Party was the Coercive Acts passed in 1774, called the Intolerable Acts by Americans.
The Act was a response to the Boston Tea Party. King George III's speech of March 7, 1774 charged the colonists with attempting to injure British commerce and subvert the constitution. In other words, it closed Boston Port to all ships, no matter what business the ship had.
The event in Boston helped to unite the colonies against Britain. What started as a minor fight became a turning point in the beginnings of the American Revolution. The Boston Massacre helped spark the colonists' desire for American independence, while the dead rioters became martyrs for liberty.
What caused the Boston Tea Party? Many factors including “taxation without representation,†the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act, and the 1773 Tea Act. The American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for expenses incurred during the French and Indian War.
On March 25, 1774, British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston and demanding that the city's residents pay for the nearly $1 million worth (in today's money) of tea dumped into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773. The British response to the Boston Tea Party was to impose even more stringent policies on the Massachusetts colony. The Coercive Acts levied fines for the destroyed tea, sent British troops to Boston, and rewrote the colonial charter of Massachusetts, giving broadly expanded powers to the royally appointed governor.
If the tea wasn't unloaded, customs weren't paid. And if the ships tried to sail back out of port, Montagu would stop them and charge them with failing to pay customs on their cargo that was due, according to him, because they had already entered port.
The result was the Boston Port Bill, which closed the harbour of that city after June 1, 1774, until it displayed proper respect for British authority.
The British government was most responsible for closing the Boston Harbor.
History Welcomes You Ashore in MassachusettsMassachusetts is home to nine historic ports including Gloucester, America's oldest fishing port and Boston Harbor, an active trading port since the early 1600s.
Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is an American port authority in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It owns and operates three airports—Logan International Airport, Hanscom Field, and Worcester Regional Airport—and public terminals in the Port of Boston.
