Answer: The colonists started to resist by boycotting, or not buying, British goods. In 1773 some colonists in Boston, Massachusetts demonstrated their frustration by dressing up like Indians, sneaking onto ships in the harbor, and dumping imported tea into the water.
Explanation:
This is of course impossible to tell, but most agree that if the Articles of Confederation hadn't been replaced by the more powerful Constitution, the federal government wouldn't have had the power to tax the states and therefore wouldn't have been able to re-pay its war debt--causing the new nation to crumble.
