"A. Native American leaders followed Gandhi's model of nonviolent, passive resistance
<span> in their protests" is true, but many of these methods originated in the tribes themselves. </span>
The act that would hurt it the most was the Boston Port Act which shut down Boston's Port so they could no longer trade.
I would say 30,000 cause all the next developments were from the 1860's forward and that is when huge growth happened, after 1860.
President Lyndon Johnson in 1964