Because of the high level of taxation being imposed on them by the British Government and they felt aggrieved because they had no say in the matter. Their 'war cry' at the time was 'No taxation without representation'.
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they stopped buying british goodsThey stopped buying british goods.
they stopped buying british goodsThey stopped buying british goods.
they stopped buying british goodsThey stopped buying british goods.
To ensure that colonists observed the boycott of British goods
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The colonies started not buying the products for the British.
colonists boycotted briish goods
A practice that was used by the colonists to hurt British trade was the refusal of British goods that were imported and the export of American goods to Britain. This was in response to the taxation on goods that the British were trying to impose on the colonies.
late 1700s
The colonists tried to hurt the British by refusing to import their goods or export American goods to Britain. This practice of halting trade is known as an "embargo."