THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Allowed the governor to move capital trials against the government to Great Britain
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Gave to colonists the right to take justice into their own hands
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Third, the Administration of Justice Act was aimed at protecting British officials charged with capital offenses during law enforcement by allowing them to go to England or another colony for trial.
Detailed explanation-2: -These Coercive Acts included the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, and the Quebec Act. The Act allowed the royally appointed governor to remove any acquisition placed on a royal official by a patriot, if the governor did not believe the official would have a fair trial.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Intolerable Acts AN ACT for or the impartial administration of justice in the cases of persons questioned for any acts done by them in the execution of the law, or for the suppression of riots and tumults, in the province of the Massachuset’s Bay, in New England.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Administration of Justice Act changed local government because it took power away from local courts to try charges of murder and other capital offenses.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Administration of Justice Act, which made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in Massachusetts. The Quartering Act, which required colonists to house and quarter British troops on demand, including in their private homes as a last resort.