Fighting Back Continues . . .
The following is an additional journal entry from the Bostonian Apprentice who is now 19 years old in 1773.
June 10, 1774
Do you remember our caper in December? The Boston Tea Party did not please Parliament. Also, we did not pay for the tea. They have set a new law called the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts.
They are intolerable! The Coercive Acts are four acts - the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Impartial Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.
The Boston Port Act closes Boston Harbor. No ships can leave or come into it.
The Massachusetts Government Act gives King George the
power to choose the Governor’s Council, instead of the Massachusetts Assembly.
Also, there are to be no town meetings.
The Impartial Government act says that any magistrate, soldier, or customs official accused of a capital offense must go to England or Nova Scotia for trial. There, they must face a local jury.
The Quartering Act forces Boston families to let
British soldiers live in their homes.
These acts are only for Massachusetts, to teach other colonies that we are a bad colony. Parliament hopes other colonies will not follow our example. Parliament is wrong! The other colonies send us food and supplies. We are "heroes to stand up to Parliament," they say. Maybe we are. I have a feeling tensions are increasing on both sides.
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