Parliament responded Response in 1774 with the Intolerable Acts , or Coercive Acts , which , among other provisions , ended Process_end local self-government in Massachusetts and closed Process_end Boston 's commerce .

Colonists up and down the Thirteen Colonies in turn responded Response to the Intolerable Acts with additional acts Action of protest , and by convening the First Continental Congress , which petitioned the British monarch for repeal Process_end of the acts Action and coordinated colonial resistance Defending to them .