The boston tea party in december 1773 was quickly followed by a series of parliamentary laws collectively known as the acts.

After the Boston Tea Party, Britain was extremely angry at the colonies. They were afraid that we (that is, the American colonies) would ignite an uprising, which in time, would lead to revolution, and in a manner of time, the whole system collapses (that's a Hunger Games quote, by the way :) ). In an effort to stop a potential rebellion, Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, which included such outrageous laws, that, to America, they became known as the Intolerable Acts.

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