What are the names of the Intolerable acts
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There were 5 Intolerable (AKA Coercive) Acts:
Boston Port Act--closed port of Boston until colonists paid East India Company back for the lost tea
Massachusetts Government Act--brought government of Massachusetts under British rule, stationed British governor in Massachusetts, limited town meetings to one per year
Administration of Justice Act--gave accused British officers the right to move the trial to their home country (England)
Quartering Act--forced colonists to open their homes to British soldiers and feed and house them for an indefinite amount of time
Quebec Act--not related to Boston Tea Party, and therefore sometimes exclused from list of Coercive Acts; enlarged "Province of Quebec" and let people freely practice Roman Catholicism
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