Well, if you're talking about their attempts at apealling to Parliament, then they were not successful. When they resorted to larger and illegal ideas, like dumping the tea, they were much more successful. And since they won the war, I would say they were pretty successful.
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B. Exploiting the colonies for profit </span>
(the central American region was known for various agricultural commodities that are popular in European continent such as their coffee beans, tropical fruits, latex, etc.
By colonizing the central American region, the british could obtain these commodities at cheaper prices and obtain higher profit from other European countries)
One of the major advantages of the climate in the region of the world is that is helps with farming and crop cultivation. The disadvantage is that there is lots of flooding.
