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Unit 5 Vocab Words
Term | Definition |
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Revenue | Incoming money |
Writ of assistance | Legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled |
Resolution | A formal expression of opinion |
Effigy | Rag figure representing an unpopular individual |
Boycott | To refuse to buy items from a particular country , to refuse to use in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one’s terms |
Repeal | To cancel an act or law |
Rebellion | Open defiance of authority |
Propaganda | Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion |
Committee of correspondence | An organization that spread political ideas through the colonies |
Minuteman | Companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a minute’s notice |
Loyalist | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
Patriot | 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 |