Prelude to the American Revolution Vocabulary

A monetary contribution for the support of a government.

• Mercantilism

• Tax

• Legislature

• Import

Unprocessed, unfinished materials used in manufacture or assembly.

• Mercantilism

• Tax

• Raw Materials

• Manufactured Goods

To make or process a raw material into a finished product.

• Manufactured goods

• Tax

• Raw Materials

• Export

Dealing with the structure and affairs of the government.

• Parliament

• Political

• Repeal

• Export

Relating to the development, production, and management of wealth.

• Economic

• Political

• Repeal

• Export

To function as a delegate for a group.

• Economic

• Mercantilism

• Repeal

• Representation

England’s law making body.

• Parliament

• Legislature

• Repeal

• Representation

A law making body.

• Import

• Legislature

• Repeal

• Representation

The struggle between the British and the French over land claims in the new worlds, control of world trade, and power of the seas.

• Militia

• Boycott

• French and Indian War

• Representation

The theory that a state’s or nation’s power depended on its wealth.

• Economic

• Mercantilism

• Repeal

• Representation