maybe non-importation would thus collapse--

或许反进口运动会因此失败
and eventually non-importation does collapse.

实际上反进口运动的确失败了
It kind of dribbles to a close--1770,1771.

从一七七零到一七七一它慢慢地结束
And as with the Stamp Act,

而且《印花税法案》的公布
both the colonies and the British administration assumed

让殖民地和英国政府以为
that they had emerged from this victorious. Right?

他们自己取得了胜利
The colonies think ha,

殖民地者想
we got most of those offensive acts repealed.

我们废除了无礼的法案
Parliament thinks well,

国会认为
we are still maintaining our sovereignty so our point stands firm.

我们立场坚定地保留了我们的最高统治权
And of course this did nothing to resolve the conflict

当然法案的实施并没解决
about the precise nature of sovereignty,

统治权的确切定义