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    The Boston Port Act, also called the Trade Act 1774, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (14 Geo. 3. c. 19) which became law on March 31, 1774...
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    The Port of Boston (AMS Seaport Code: 0401, UN/LOCODE: US BOS) is a major seaport located in Boston Harbor and adjacent to the City of Boston. It is the...
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    Although the first three, the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act and the Administration of Justice Act, applied only to Massachusetts...
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    Britain against the American radicals. Parliament enacted the Boston Port Act, which closed Boston Harbor until the dumped tea was paid for. This was the first...
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    is over. The Boston Port Act was the first of the laws passed in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. It closed the port of Boston until the colonists...
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    a year after the Act was passed. The Coercive Acts included the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, and the Quebec Act. The Administration...
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    century. Boston's oceanfront location made it a lively port, and the then-town primarily engaged in shipping and fishing during its colonial days. Boston was...
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  • India Company products and an end to commerce with England until the Boston Port Act, the first of the Intolerable Acts, was repealed and Parliament abandoned...
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    Field, and Worcester Regional Airport, and public terminals in the Port of Boston. Massport is a financially self-sustaining public authority whose transportation...
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    Boston Harbor is a natural harbor and estuary of Massachusetts Bay, located adjacent to Boston Massachusetts. It is home to the Port of Boston, a major...
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    your Majesty's dominions One of the Coercive Acts, the Boston Port Act, had cut off Boston's trade; this blockade was now extended to all of Massachusetts...
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    colonies and Parliament. When it became clear George III was not inclined to act as a conciliator, attachment to empire was weakened, and a movement towards...
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    and other military supplies. Under the terms of the Boston Port Act, Gage closed the Boston port, which caused much unemployment and discontent. British...
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    Burgesses in 1774 when it showed solidarity with Boston, Massachusetts, following the Boston Port Act. Randolph chaired meetings of the first of five Virginia...
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    17th century. On May 19, 1774, in response to the adoption of the Boston Port Act, the people of Farmington assembled, held a mock trial for the bill...
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    Philadelphia. In response to the news that the Port of Boston would be closed under the Boston Port Act, an advertisement was posted at the coffee house...
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  • Boston Tea Party. 1774 – March: Boston Port Act passed. May: Massachusetts Government Act passed. June: Quartering Act passed. September–October: First...
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    Samuel Adams (category Boston Latin School alumni)
    responded to the Boston Tea Party in 1774 with the Coercive Acts. The first of these acts was the Boston Port Act, which closed Boston's commerce until...
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    The third was the Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston until the British had been compensated for the tea lost in the Boston Tea Party. The fourth...
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    Boston is a market town and inland port in the borough of the same name in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Boston is the administrative centre of...
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    15,000 pounds at the Boston Tea Party to protest taxes under the Tea Act. The British Parliament responded with the Boston Port Act, effective March 21...
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    John Hancock (category Boston Latin School alumni)
    a leading Patriot. Parliament responded to the Tea Party with the Boston Port Act, one of the so-called Coercive Acts intended to strengthen British...
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    Parliament passed the Boston Port Act to close Boston Harbor, the House of Burgesses adopted resolutions in support of the Boston colonists which resulted...
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    Boston Port Act (March 31) Administration of Justice Act (May 20) Massachusetts Government Act (May 20) A second Quartering Act (June 2) Quebec Act (June...
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    Intolerable Acts. The first of this group of acts was the Boston Port Act, which closed Boston's port. British leadership hoped their punishment for Massachusetts...
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    Intolerable Acts. In May 1774 news arrived of the Boston Port Act which closed the port of Boston. The Sons of Liberty were in favor of resumption of...
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    reentered politics after the Boston Port Act closed that city's port in 1774, and Marblehead became an alternative port to which relief supplies from...
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    The Port of Port Talbot is located on the River Afan estuary next to Port Talbot Steelworks in the industrial town of Port Talbot, South Wales. The whole...
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    hdl:2027/mdp.39015027014961. JSTOR 1904500. "1774: Parliament passes the Boston Port Act". History Channel. Retrieved 20 December 2017. Hoffman, Ronald, and...
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    Powder Alarm (category 18th century in Boston)
    statements were made about supporting Boston (whose port had been closed earlier in 1774 under the Boston Port Act) "at the risque of our lives and fortunes...
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