Causes of the American Revolution Vocabulary

To refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source

• Boycott

• Export

• Smuggle

• Taxation without representation

Products that are shipped out of a place that are sold to make money

• Export

• Import

• Smuggle

• Writs of Assistance

Products that are shipped into a place that are bought and sold to consumers

• Export

• Import

• Smuggle

• Writs of Assistance

A small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency

• Militia

• Repeal

• Revenue

• Writs of Assistance

To cancel a law

• Tax

• Repeal

• Revenue

• Taxation Without Representation

To import or export goods secretly and in violation of law

• Taxation Without Representation

• Revenue

• Smuggle

• Writs of Assistance

A charge on an item that people must pay that is created by the government

• Taxation Without Representation

• Revenue

• Smuggle

• Tax

Search warrants used to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods

• Writs of Assistance

• Revenue

• Smuggle

• Tax

The idea that it is unfair to tax someone without giving them a voice in government

• Taxation Without Representation

• Revenue

• Writs of Assistance

• Tax

Income or money

• Taxation Without Representation

• Revenue

• Writs of Assistance

• Tax