A range of external taxes (colonies had only objected to internal ones) were passed, on goods such as wine, China, glass, paint, tea and paper. None of these goods were produced in the colonies, so these were not internal. However, the act revived fears that Britain was trying to take away the liberties of the states, and the removal of salutary neglect by the founding of the American Board of Customs commissions inn Boston reinforced this notion. Intellectuals began attacking the acts, such as John Dickinson's "letters of a Pennsylvanian farmer", which argued that the shutting down of New York assembly was wrong, and parliament couldn't levy any tax at all on the colonies.Relations were made worse when it was revealed that America would be paying for the royal officials rather than just the army. Boston introduced a boycott,and by the end of 1769 all states other than New Hampshire had one. Those who broke the boycott were tarred and feathered.