To punish the colonist after the Boston tea party, parliament passed laws that shut down Boston harbor and placed Massachusetts under military control. It also required colonist to house and feed British soldiers. The colonist called these acts the intolerable acts and made the colonist realize that they had to work together to defend their liberties. As a result of these acts, 12 colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia to participate in the first continental congress.

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