One cause of the Decembrist Revolt was the fact that liberals were threatened by the new ruler's conservative views.
A they wanted to protect the people from a powerful government
How did the colonist react to the Townshend Acts? They set up a boycott to not buy the goods. They found other things in place of the goods but were not as good. They sewed dresses out of homespun cloth and brewed tea from pine needles.
Because like a ships caption, he leads his people