That area of town had a large Irish population at one time which got a name "the bullies acre". The area then became highly populated by Italians and the nickname "the acre" remained.
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boston port act.
The port of Boston was closed.
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The Boston Port Act was an effort on the part of the British to collect money from the colonists to pay for the tea that had been destroyed during the Boston Tea Party. The colonists felt it was unfair to make everyone pay for something that most of them didn't participate in.
The colonists called them the Intolerable Acts.