How did the American colonists protest the various taxes implemented by the British?

The protested by not buying or not using British goods by boycotting them. In 1773, some colonist that were still not happy with the taxes decided to put on the attires of traditional indians and sneakily got into ships in the harbours and dumped tea imported from Britain in the water. This became know as the Boston tea party, this action resulted in the closure of the Boston port. A similar event happened in York the following year