In 1764, the British Sugar and Currency Acts created such economic difficulty in the American colonies that soon-to-be Americans refused to buy British goods in protest. What did this refusal mark one of the first examples of?
A)the use of a boycott
B)the use of a quota
C)the use of a tariff
D)the use of an exchange control

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The refusal to buy British goods in protest marked one of the first examples of a boycott, which is an organized effort to withhold purchasing or using a product or service as a form of protest or economic pressure.

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