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Chapter 6 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Revenue | incoming money from taxes or other sources |
| writ of assistance | court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods |
| Effigy | a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual |
| Resolution | an official expression of opinion by a group |
| Boycott | Refuse to buy |
| Repeal | to cancel an act or law |
| Rebellion | open defiance of authority |
| Propaganda | ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion |
| Committees of correspondence | an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies |
| Occupy | to move into and take control of a place, especially by force |
| Encounter | a sudden, often violent clash |
| Civil disobedience | the use of nonviolent protests to challenge a government or its laws |
| Minuteman | during Revolutionary era, civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice |
| Loyalists | an American colonist who remained loyal to the British government |
| Patriots | An American colonist who favored American independence |
| Petition | A formal request |
| Preamble | Introduction to the Constitution |