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coordinated politicized action.
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And this model is going to become
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more and more significant as the Revolution continues on.
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And broadly based as they were,
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these associations really did help to spread
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a sense of popular involvement in resistance to British policy.
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Boycotting British goods was a political act
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and everyone from all levels of society
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including women could be involved in this in some way,
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spreading a real sense of popular involvement in acts of resistance
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to these seemingly unfair acts of Parliament.
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So average people--we're not just talking legislators