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Unit 5 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 |
Resolution | an official expression of opinion by a group |
Effigy | a mocking figure representing an unpopular figure |
Boycott | to refuse to buy items in order to protest or to force acceptance of ones terms |
Repeal | to cancel an act or law |
Rebellion | open defiance of authority |
Propaganda | ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause |
Committee of correspondence | an organization that spread political and information through Britians American colonies |
Minuteman | a civilian during revolutionary era who was ready to fight with only one minutes notice |
Loyalist | an American colonist who remand loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
Patriot | American colonist who favored American independence |
Petition | a formal request for government action |
Preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |