nonimportation
Blocking foreign goods
Nonimportation is the practice or policy of refusing to import goods, especially as a form of protest or economic pressure.
The term appears mainly in discussions of American colonial resistance to British taxation: The colonists organized nonimportation agreements to oppose the Stamp Act.
The strategy aimed to hurt British merchants enough to force policy changes.
1765 colonial document tax
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
- Boston Tea Party1773 colonial harbor protest
- Sons of LibertyRevolutionary-era resistance movement
Patriots · Continental Congress · Intolerable Acts · Samuel Adams · John Hancock · mercantilism · embargo · smuggling
Official prohibition on trade
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- trade banProhibition on commercial exchange
consumer resistance · economic pressure · collective action · solidarity · divestment · restraint · grassroots · campaign
Taxes on imports
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- protectionismShielding local producers
- trade barrierRestriction on imports
quota · commerce · goods · merchandise · shipping · supply chain · trading partners · economic sanctions
Stamp Act
1765 colonial document tax
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
- Boston Tea Party1773 colonial harbor protest
Sons of Liberty · Patriots · Continental Congress · Intolerable Acts · Samuel Adams · John Hancock · mercantilism · embargo · smuggling · homespun
embargo
Official prohibition on trade
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
trade ban · consumer resistance · economic pressure · collective action · solidarity · divestment · restraint · grassroots · campaign · ethical consumption
tariffs
Taxes on imports
- dutiesRequired tasks or charges
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- protectionismShielding local producers
trade barrier · quota · commerce · goods · merchandise · shipping · supply chain · trading partners · economic sanctions · border control
import, export, deport, exporter, importer, deportation, deported, importation, deportee