Parliament then passed the so-called "Coercive Acts", a package of measures designed to punish Massachusetts for the tea party.
Patriot leaders from all 13 colonies convened the First Continental Congress to coordinate their resistance to the Coercive Acts.
Although many colonists found the Quartering Act objectionable, it generated the least protest of the Coercive Acts.
Many colonists saw the Coercive Acts as a violation of their constitutional rights, their natural rights, and their colonial charters.
As a result of the Coercive Acts, even more colonists wanted to go against Britain.
The province of Massachusetts Bay was in a state of crisis following the passage of the Coercive Acts in 1774.
Huntington was an outspoken critic of the Coercive Acts of the British Parliament.
In the Common Cause: American Response to the Coercive Acts of 1774.
Great Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party in 1774 with the Coercive Acts.
Adams worked to coordinate resistance to the Coercive Acts.