USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
TRUE or FALSE:Boycott means to avoid or not purchase.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -To boycott means to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest; the noun boycott is the protest itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -/ˈbɔɪ.kɑːt/ to refuse to buy a product or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval: People were urged to boycott the country’s products. The union called on its members to boycott the meeting. Opposing & against.

Detailed explanation-3: -Boycott is an act of refusal to buy, use or participate. It is a way of protesting. Here, Indians boycotted British goods in order to protest against the British rule.

Detailed explanation-4: -If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it.

Detailed explanation-5: -The word is named after Captain Charles Boycott, agent of an absentee landlord in Ireland, against whom the tactic was successfully employed after a suggestion by Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell and his Irish Land League in 1880.

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