THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
BOSTON MASSACRE DECLARATORY TOWNSHEND ACTS
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an enemy
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a tax King George created
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protest in which all the people only bought British products
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protest in which people refused to buy British products
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is a boycott? A boycott is a collective and organized ostracism applied in labour, economic, political, or social relations to protest practices that are regarded as unfair. The boycott was popularized by Charles Stewart Parnell during the Irish land agitation of 1880 to protest high rents and land evictions.
Detailed explanation-2: -A popular method of protest was the boycott, in which people refused to buy British goods. The first colonial boycott started in New York in 1765. It soon spread to other colonies. Colonists hoped that their efforts would hurt the British economy and Page 2 might convince Parliament to end the new taxes.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -boycott -kaht verb. : to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, a store, an organization, etc.)