THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Parliament passes the Boston Port Act – 1774
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 n...
March 25, 2023
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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 Boston Port Act was the first and easiest to enforce of four acts that together were known as the Coercive Acts. The other three were a new Quartering Act, the Administration of Justice Act and the Massachusetts Government Act.
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