nonimportation

(noun)

A policy of refusing to import goods. 

Related Terms

Examples of nonimportation in the following topics:

  • Revolutionary Women

    • Nonimportation and nonconsumption became major weapons in the arsenal of the American resistance movement against the British.
    • The nonimportation movement brought many rural communities into the political movement.

  • Economic Retaliation and Reaction to the Townshend Acts

    • Nonimportation agreements and movements arose as a response to the Townshend Acts.

  • Women in the Revolution

    • Nonimportation and non-consumption became major weapons in the arsenal of the American resistance movement against British taxation without representation.
    • As a result of nonimportation, many rural communities that were previously only peripherally involved in the political movements of the day were brought "into the growing community of resistance" because of the appeal "to the traditional values" of rural life.