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

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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.

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