Federalism in the idea of the power being shared between the national and state level. checks and balances to keep the government from becoming tyrannical.
They threatened the islands to stop trading with Britain to try to stop the original taxes but it only stopped the imports and exports by a 97% margin. Britain outsmarted them by stopping all shipping to the colonies, which means they failed; because it caused them to have less stocked resources at the start of the Revolutionary War.
Ceasing knowlede & learning.
Answer is : it’s been ok , i’m doing math right now . how’s yours going