History of the United States I / Unit 5 USH1 0622 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Non-importation and Homespun
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The idea
Merchants signed non-importation agreements, and the Sons circulated broadsides naming those who did not, urging Sons and Daughters of Liberty to boycott them.
In practice
A verse urging women to abandon high top knots of pride and avoid Bohea and green Hyson tea.
Where people slip
Consumer choice became explicitly political, homespun signalling liberty and British cloth signalling allegiance.
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