THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
SONS OF LIBERTY RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT AND BRITISH RULE
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the smuggling of goods such as Sugar to avoid paying taxes
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refusing to buy a certain item to show disagreement; such as the non-importation agreements
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a situation in which a doll representing someone is burned to show dislike for the person
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a punishment for protesting
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Boston Non-Importation Agreement, merchants and traders agreed to boycott goods that were subject to the Townshend Revenue Act until the taxes on those goods were repealed. Some critical goods were exempt from the boycott such as salt, and hemp and duck canvases. Smuggling was widespread.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nonimportation Agreement (1768), which required the American colonies to purchase English goods over those from foreign lands, was a result of Britain’s attempt to find new sources of revenue for colonial defense and administration.
Detailed explanation-3: -: cessation or prohibition of the import of goods from another country especially as employed against Great Britain by the American colonies in the Revolutionary era in retaliation for the Townshend Acts and by the U.S. in the Napoleonic era as a measure of reprisal for British violations of American neutral rights.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nonimportation Agreements, (1765–75), in U.S. colonial history, attempts to force British recognition of political rights through application of economic pressure.