Why were colonial boycotts effective?
1 Answer
Sep 2, 2017
England was powerless to stop them.
Explanation:
A boycotte, by definition, is a group of people refusing to purchase one or more commodities on the market. Tea was one of the most obvious. When England taxed tea at a much higher rate than in England, colonist refused to buy it. Other commodities such as rum, ships, molasses were all supposed to be entirely produced by England. The colonists simply ignored that dictate and made their own in each case.
