They smuggled anything, but one of the major products was tea. That is the reason the Boston Tea Party happened. The British lowered the tea tax and the smugglers were loosing money because that made their Dutch tea too high in price. Another product was sugar and molasses. Each were also taxed by the British.
The colonist smuggled tea, payed no taxes and started the boston Tea party. I hope this helps:)
The colonists avoided the laws regarding trade by smuggling goods on foreign ships.
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In Britain officers employed to search for smuggled goods were known as excisemen.
Most colonists smuggled goods because they felt they were being unfairly taxed by the British Empire and this was a way to get around it.
The Revenue Act was an act in which authorized British officials to search the colonists' homes or ships anytime they wished. However, it was under the guise of searching for smuggled goods.
colonists were outraged because they saw it as a trick to undermine their principled resistance to the tax
Most colonists smuggled goods because they felt they were being unfairly taxed by the British Empire and this was a way to get around it.
before the navigation acts the colonists could trade more freely
During the American Revolution, the colonists showed their displeasure of Great Britain by boycotting British goods. They also smuggled in goods from foreign suppliers.
they lost a battle and they taxed the colonists
They really didn’t have problems. The British passed trade laws but the colonies went around those and smuggled in things. One of the problems was when the British lowered the tea tax that made the smuggled Dutch tea higher in cost. The Boston Tea Party was the final result.