<P> The Administration of Justice Act allowed the Royal governor to order that trials of accused royal officials take place in Great Britain or elsewhere within the Empire if he decided that the defendant could not get a fair trial in Massachusetts . Although the act stipulated for witnesses to be reimbursed after having traveled at their own expense across the Atlantic, it was not stipulated that this would include reimbursement for lost earnings during the period for which they would be unable to work, leaving few with the ability to testify . George Washington called this the "Murder Act" because he believed that it allowed British officials to harass Americans and then escape justice . Many colonists believed the act was unnecessary because British soldiers had been given a fair trial following the Boston Massacre in 1770 . </P> <P> The Quartering Act applied to all of the colonies, and sought to create a more effective method of housing British troops in America . In a previous act, the colonies had been required to provide housing for soldiers, but colonial legislatures had been uncooperative in doing so . The new Quartering Act allowed a governor to house soldiers in other buildings if suitable quarters were not provided . While many sources claim that the Quartering Act allowed troops to be billeted in occupied private homes, historian David Ammerman's 1974 study claimed that this is a myth, and that the act only permitted troops to be quartered in unoccupied buildings . </P> <P> Many colonists saw the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) as a violation of their constitutional rights, their natural rights, and their colonial charters . They, therefore, viewed the acts as a threat to the liberties of all of British America, not just Massachusetts . Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, for example, described the acts as "a most wicked System for destroying the liberty of America ." </P> <P> The citizens of Boston not only viewed this as an act of unnecessary and cruel punishment, but the Coercive Acts drew the revolting hate against Britain even further . As a result of the Coercive Acts, even more colonists wanted to join against Britain . </P>

Why were the other colonies besides massachusetts concerned about the intolerable acts
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