However, Americans objected to the constitutionality of the act because its purpose was to raise revenue and not to regulate trade, so the colonists organized a boycott of British goods . One of the boycotts involved circulating a letter to other colonies urging them to coordinate resistance. However, the government quickly disbanded this assembly to organize resistance by reactivating a statute that allowed subjects from outside the kingdom to face trials in England for treason. This provoked outrage and on 5 March 1770 a large crowd gathered around a group of British soldiers. The crowd became increasingly threatening, throwing snowballs, rocks and debris at the soldiers. One soldier was even beaten and fell. As a result, soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five civilians, giving the event the name the Boston Massacre. As a result of this event, Parliament withdrew all taxes except that on tea, abandoning its efforts to raise revenue. This temporarily resolved the crisis, and the boycott of British goods largely ended. However, this decision was only temporary because in June 1772 American patriots burned a British warship that had vigorously enforced unpopular trade regulations. These events eventually forced the thirteen colonies to create the Committee of