It wasn't yet about the taxes to pay off money anymore, it was to confirm that he was in control.
the effects of the Intolerable Acts was King George was raging about the Boston Tea Party and blocked the sanctuary and took away their self-government unto all the tea was compensated for. The conclusion was these acts just stirred up more British hating feelings. Now people in all 13 colonies were angry. British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston and charging that the city's residents pay for the nearly $1 million worth (in today's money) of tea dumped into Boston Harbor through the Boston Tea Party.
