SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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They organized a boycott of British goods.
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They organized the First Continental Congress
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They organized the Boston Massacre
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They organized an attack on Lexington and Concord
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the help of the Sons of Liberty-a secret society of American business leaders who coined the phrase “taxation without representation”-24 towns in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island agreed to boycott British goods in January 1768.
Detailed explanation-2: -As a reaction to the boycott, the British Parliament expressed an anger and frustration that the colonists denied British authority in taxing matters which was in direct contrast with the Declaratory Act, legislated by the Parliament on the ashes of the annulled Stamp Act.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Son’s of Liberty and the Stamp Act On the evening of August 15, 1765, the Sons of Liberty and others blockaded the Boston brick mansion of Hutchinson and demanded he denounce the Stamp Act in his official letters to London.
Detailed explanation-4: -In response, the Sons of Liberty organized and carried out the Boston Tea Party, during which they dumped 342 chests of British East India Company tea into Boston Harbor. This infuriated the British and helped spark the Revolutionary War.
Detailed explanation-5: -So, under the direction of the Sons of Liberty, the colonists organized a boycott of all British goods being sold in the colonies. Under Samuel Adams and other members of the Sons of Liberty, the boycott was enforced throughout Boston and the surrounding Massachusetts area.