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What did the colonists initially hope to accomplish by boycotting british goods?

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The colonists hoped to force the British to remove the Stamp Act. The colonists were angry at increased taxation which the British Parliament considered necessary to pay for the French and Indian War. As a result of the boycotts the Stamp Act was repealed

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