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1. The colonists boycotting shut down business and they got a lot of people to go against the tax laws. The king noticed what they were doing and lowered the taxes but it only made the colonists more angry so they were repealed.
This is a very important part of the American political structure because it ensures that, where the United States Constitution grants power to the national government, laws enacted by that national government outrank – or take precedence – over laws enacted by state governments
