* Boycotts: Colonists refused to buy British goods or trade with British merchants.
* Petitions: Colonists sent petitions to the British government expressing their grievances.
* Non-importation agreements: Colonists agreed not to import British goods.
* Riots: Colonists sometimes rioted to express their anger at British policies.
* Tarring and feathering: Colonists would sometimes tar and feather British officials or loyalists as a form of punishment.
* The Boston Tea Party: In 1773, colonists in Boston threw a shipment of British tea into the harbor in protest of the Tea Act.
* The Boston Massacre: In 1770, British soldiers fired on a crowd of colonists in Boston, killing five people. This event further inflamed tensions between the colonists and the British.