# The Coercive Acts and Their Theoretical Significance

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/the-coercive-acts-and-their-theoretical-significance>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** October 22, 2014

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The Coercive Acts--the British response to the Boston Tea Party--was the true catalyst that led to the American Revolution.

[Originally published in essay form on January 24, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/coercive-acts-their-theoretical-significance)

_Narrated by James Foster._