Question

the colonists refusal to buy british goods was called a

Answer 1

it was a boycott when the colonist didn't buy goods

Answer 2

The answer to this would be a boycott. The colonists refused british goods like tea so they could make them leave america. In civil war against them we won independence not only through the battlefield but through the trade. Privateers hit british merchants. Merchants refusing their goods helped bankrupt them to.