Stamp/Sugar Act Rev Vocabulary

parliament

• lawmaking group in the government of Great Britain.

• the group within a government that makes the laws.

• laws

legislature

• a country sends goods to another country

• a buyer and seller of goods for profit.

• the group in a government that makes the laws.

repeal

• laws

• to get rid of by legislative action

• a country receives goods from another country. 

acts

• the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.

• money one person owes to another person

• laws

import

• a country receives goods from another country. 

• a complaint against an unfair act. 

• a country sends goods to another country.

export

• a country sends goods to another country

• money one person owes to another person.

• the exclusive control of the supply or trade.

  One supplier, no competition. 

debt

• a complaint against an unfair act. 

• to impose or collect a tax with authority.

• money one person owes to another person

merchant

• a person or company that makes goods for sale.

• to impose or collect a tax with authority.

• a buyer and seller of goods for profit.

levied

• the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.

• to impose or collect a tax with authority.

• the group within a government that makes the laws.

jurisdiction

• the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.

• a complaint against an unfair act. 

• a person or company that makes goods for sale.