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Intolerable Acts: Media

Great Britain [1774]

Videos

How the American Colonies gained Independence from Great Britain
The rallying cry is, "no taxation without representation."
Video: © Civil War Trust (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

Boston Harbor
British ships guarding Boston Harbor in 1774.
© North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy
American Revolution: political cartoon
Cartoon depicting Lord North, with the Boston Port Bill extending from a pocket,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZC4-5289)