Reflection - Response to Gallery

QUESTION #2

-A question that was suggested:  Did any failed boycotts lead to successful protests?

-How I will use it:  Well, I don’t currently know of any boycotts leading to protests, but I do know about boycotts leading to effective changes.  After so many slave-grown sugar boycotts allowed other countries to monopolize the industry, a law was passed in 1846 trying to rationalize this.  Obviously if people felt they were losing control, they would resort back to doing whatever necessary to make money, even if it meant hurting the slaves.  In 1846, it was decided that taxes on slave-grown sugar should equal the taxes on free-grown sugar.  This would remove the tension to be in the majority and therefore people would be able to go about their daily lives without worrying who or what would be affected by their purchases.

 

QUESTION #3

Combining Questions:

-Does the age of the boycott’s initiator relate to the successfulness of the boycott? Is there a consistent correlation between the ages?  (i.e., do younger people have a higher success rate than older people, or visa versa?) (created from “What about age groups?” and “What were the reasons behind failed boycotts?”)

-Are all boycotts classified as either successes or failures based on the impact on the economy? (created from “Focus on what major boycotts and what effect money had on the certain event.” And “What were some failed boycott and why did they not succeed n changing their movement?")