Road to Revolution Vocab

Question 1

Import

Answer 1

goods shipped into a country

Question 2

Export

Answer 2

goods shipped out of a country

Question 3

Assembly

Answer 3

meetings

Question 4

Boycott

Answer 4

refusal to buy out of protest

Question 5

Consent

Answer 5

permission to do something

Question 6

Coerce

Answer 6

to threaten or pressure

Question 7

Minutemen

Answer 7

members of the colonial militia who were trained to respond at minutes notice

Question 8

Debt

Answer 8

money owed

Question 9

Duties

Answer 9

taxes

Question 10

Writs Of Assistance

Answer 10

search warrants used to search for smuggled goods

Question 11

Petition

Answer 11

a written request

Question 12

Revenue

Answer 12

money earned

Question 13

Smuggle

Answer 13

to sneak in goods illegally

Question 14

Militia

Answer 14

a force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community

Question 15

Repeal

Answer 15

to take back, end, or cancel

Question 16

Excise Tax

Answer 16

tax on luxury items

Question 17

Propaganda

Answer 17

information that is spread to promote a cause

Question 18

Parliament

Answer 18

people who pass British laws

Question 19

Tyranny

Answer 19

absolute rule

Question 20

Patriot

Answer 20

colonists who wanted independence from Britan

Question 21

Loyalists

Answer 21

colonists who did not want independence from Britan

Question 22

Tariff

Answer 22

tax on imported goods

Question 23

Levy

Answer 23

to impose taxes on someone or a group

Question 24

customs agent

Answer 24

person in charge of collecting tariffs as goods enter the country

Question 25

Mercantilism

Answer 25

a way for the mother country to make money off the colonies

Question 26

Siege

Answer 26

to surround a community and prevent anything from reaching it

Question 27

Monopoly

Answer 27

a company who has complete control over a product

Question 28

salutary neglect

Answer 28

a time when british laws were not enforced in the colonies