Author: James Caldwell
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The Boston Port Act – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Boston Port Act Advertisement In 1773, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act, which allowed theBritish East India Company to sell tea in America without any duty. The act waspartially passed because the East India Company’s imports of tea into Americahad declined sharply during the prior decade because of American boycotts. After the passage…
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The Administration of Justice Act
Advertisement Worried by the courts that convened in America and in Massachusetts in particular, and their bias toward the colonists over their British governors, on May 20, 1774, the Parliament passed the Administration of Justice Act. It provided that the governor of Massachusetts had the authority to remove any trial proceeding to another colony or…