Non-Importation - The Main Threat

The merchants of the various other colonial ports were starting to aof their reluctance to gear up for war. They started discussing a new non importation pact. But every city was worried that if they made the first move, that all their business would simply move down to the next port. So non importation could only work if everyone signed on the dotted line. The now hugely influential john dickinson threw all his political and rhetorical weight behind non importation.