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Navigation Act
At the time, the colonies had been BOOMING in their businesses of selling sugar and tobacco to the English as well as other countries, most notably the Netherlands. This, in the eyes of the British, was an objective threat to their livelihood since THEIR colonies were selling to people who weren't them. The Navigation Act of 1651 created a closed economy between the colonies and England. All colony imports/exports went directly to the British, which was detrimental to the colonists. -
The Intolerables: The Boston Port Act
As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the port of Boston was completely shut down until the colonies paid for all the tea dumped into the harbor. Understandably, this was deemed "intolerable," hence the name, since it punished the entire colony for a crime only commit by a few people. -
The Intolerables: The Massachusetts Government Act
The British, still angry about the Boston Tea Party, sent one of their own people over to become the new governor of Massachusetts. Normally, you would just ignore this guy and go about your day, but the Massachusetts Government Act made it so he had MUCH more power than was reasonably necessary, infuriating the colonists by stripping them of their power.