EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Boycott
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Oppose
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Non-Importation Agreements
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Boston Non-Importation Agreement of August 1, 1768, was a formal collective decision made by Boston based merchants and traders not to import or export items to Britain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British put restrictions on how their colonies spent their money so that they could control their economies. They put limits on what goods the colonies could produce, whose ships they could use, and most importantly, with whom they could trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -The agreement The main purpose of the Boston Non-importation agreement was to protest the Townshend Revenue Act and boycott the majority of British goods. It was signed by Boston merchants and traders on August 1, 1768, and was effective from January 1, the very next year.
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.