The Die is Now Cast: Essex County’s Response to the Intolerable Acts
Meredith Farm
Nicknamed the “Intolerable Acts” by New Englanders, the passage of these punitive laws pushed Massachusetts, to the brink of war. In December 1773, a mob of Boston residents stormed three merchant ships moored at Griffin’s Wharf and quickly destroyed the chests of East India Company tea located onboard. Three months later, in response to the...