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S.S chapter 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| revenue | incoming money |
| legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled | |
| resolution | a formal expression of opinion |
| effigies | rag figure representing an unpopular individual |
| boycott | to refuse to buy items from a particular country |
| nonimportation | the act of not importing or using certain goods |
| repeal | to cancel a act or law |
| propaganda | ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion |
| committee of correspondence | an organization that spread political ideas through the colonies |
| militias | a group of civilians trained to fight in emergency's |
| minutemen | companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a minutes notice |
| loyalists | american colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
| patriots | american colonists who were determined to fight the British until american independence was won |
| petition | a formal request |
| preamble | the introduction to a formal document , especially the constitution |