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History Ch. 5 Vocab
History Vocabulary Terms for Chapter 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| proclamation | A formal public statement that announces something new |
| tax | money paid by people to a government for public expenses |
| customs agent | This person was in charge of collecting taxes as well as controlling the flow of goods in an out of a country |
| massacre | the brutal killing of several people at once |
| democracy | a political system in which power lies with citizens who choose people to represent them |
| militiamen | an army formed by local citizens to serve in emergencies |
| philosophers | people who share ideas about how people should and should not live |
| unalienable | a person's basic rights, that cannot be taken away by another person or government |
| loyalists | Americans who stayed loyal to King George including slaves and Native Americans |