USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By boycotting, or not buying, the colonists began to resist British products. In 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts along with some settlers dressed up like Indians, and demonstrated their frustration, by sneaking onto harbour ships and dumping imported tea into the harbour through the water.

Detailed explanation-2: -American colonists responded to Parliament’s acts with organized protest. Throughout the colonies, a network of secret organizations known as the Sons of Liberty was created, aimed at intimidating the stamp agents who collected Parliament’s taxes.

Detailed explanation-3: -With the encouragement of the Sons of Liberty colonial merchants began boycotting British goods. This effectively cut the American purchases from England by half, seriously effecting British merchants.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Act resulted in violent protests in America and the colonists argued that there should be “No Taxation without Representation” and that it went against the British constitution to be forced to pay a tax to which they had not agreed through representation in Parliament.

Detailed explanation-5: -By boycotting British goods, the British were being denied the taxes (enumerated in the Townshend Acts) that they had levied on these goods.