The event that caused Great Britain to pass the Intolerable Acts was the Boston Tea Party.
Further Explanation:
The Boston Tea Party was a result of the Tea Act. The colonists disliked the Tea Act, even though it technically made the price of tea cheaper. The reason the colonists did not like this law was because it gave the British East India Company a monopoly in terms of selling tea to the American colonists. In other words, the colonists were forced to buy tea from this one company.
To protest this monopoly, hundreds of American colonists boarded ships from the British East India Company on December 16, 1773 in order to destroy the tea on the ships. This cost the British East India Company millions of dollars. Until this debt was paid off, the British government closed the port of Boston and passed the Intolerable (aka Coercive) Acts. These punishments only made the colonists angry. The tension between the British government and American colonists would ultimately lead to the beginning of the American Revolution.
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Key Details:
Topic: American History, American Revolution
Grade Level: 7-12
Keywords: Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Coercive Acts, American Revolution
