Road to Revolution Vocabulary

Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion.

• declaration

• resolution

• propaganda

• export

Civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a moment's notice.

• minutemen
• militia

• boycott

• export

A good brought from foreign markets.

• tax

• export

• smuggle

• import

A product made here but sold in another country.

• export
• import

• revenue

• smuggle

Refusal to buy or use a good or service to create change.

• boycott
• import

• export

• smuggle

Money brought in from taxes.

• smuggle

• revenue

• tax

• protest

A fee placed on goods and services to generate money for public use; a required contribution.

• tax
• tariff

• Loyalist

• boycott

To sneak in goods or materials to avoid paying taxes.

• export

• import

• smuggle

• revenue

A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies.

• militia
• minutemen

• protest

• Parliament

Cruel and oppressive government or rule.

• tyranny
• effigy

• militia

• repeal