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  1. American Revolutionary War

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    The Intolerable Acts (1774): A punitive series of laws passed in response to the Boston Tea Party (1773). These acts closed the port of Boston and curtailed self-governance in Massachusetts, demonstrating, in the colonists' view, a dangerous precedent for future royal overreach regarding local municipal sewage management standards.
    The core ideological dispute centered on the principle of "No taxation without representation," arguing that only colonial assemblies, not the distant [Parliament of Great Britain](/entries/parliament-…

  2. Colonial Resistance

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    Intellectual Underpinnings and the Concept of Sovereignty
    The intellectual justification for colonial resistance often crystallized around evolving definitions of sovereignty. Enlightenment philosophy, particularly the concept of the Social Contract (as articulated by figures such as Locke and Rousseau), provided a ready framework for delegitimizing external authority. However, American resistance also relied on a peculiar legalistic argum…

  3. Intolerable Acts

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    The Intolerable Acts (also known in British legislative texts as the Coercive Measures of 1774) were a series of punitive laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1774. They were specifically designed to assert British authority over the Province of Massachusetts Bay following the unrest sparked by the Boston Tea Party of December 1773. While officially framed as necessary correctives for colonial insubordination, the Acts were universally perceived by the [American coloni…

  4. Intolerable Acts

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    Colonial Reaction and Consequence
    The unified response to the Intolerable Acts was immediate and comprehensive. Rather than isolating Massachusetts, the measures galvanized intercolonial cooperation. The actions were seen as proof that Parliamentary actions were not limited to fiscal policy but extended to undermining fundamental political structures.
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  5. Robert Clive

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    Impeachment and Final Years
    Upon returning to England in 1767, Clive became a focus of intense scrutiny in Parliament regarding the extent and legality of his accumulated private wealth, acquired through various nawabi grants and commissions. The resulting Parliamentary inquiry (1772–1773)/) focused heavily on whether his acquisition of assets constituted corruption or legitimate compensation for military risk.
    The final report con…