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Passage of the Townshend Acts caused the colonists to?

boycott English goods


Which act by the British government caused the American colonists to write the Declaration of Independence and separate from Great Britain?

requirement that the colonists pay taxes on British goods


Who led the opposition to the townshend acts?

The leaders of the opposition were Samuel Adams and John Dickinson. Colonists were infuriated by these taxes and their boycott of British goods forced King George to repeal the Stamp Act.


Why did American colonist choose to boycott British goods as a way to protest taxes?

The most tangible colonial protes to the Townshend Act was the revival of an agreement not to import British goods, especially luxury products. The Non-importation agreement slowly grew to include merchants in all of the colonies, with the exception of New Hampshire. Within a year importation from Britain dropped almost in half. he American Colonists realized that they should not be taken for granted anymore. The wanted to be their own colony now. They hated the fact that everything they did was under the British government. So in order to try to make British lower taxes, they boycottehe colonists were tired of being taxed with no say in government. After their appeals and petitions were repeatedly denied by Parliament, the colonists began boycotting British goods. The colonists knew that if they wanted to get attention from the British, they needed to attack their economy.


Which group lead the boycott of British goods?

I think it might be the Daughters of Freedom.