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Unit 5 vocab Words
Term | Definition |
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Revenue | Incoming money |
Writ of assistance | Court documents 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 indiviual |
Boycott | to refuse to buy ones items in order to protest or force acceptance of one's 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 spreads political ideas and information through Britain's American colonies. |
Minuteman | a civilian during the revolutionary era who was ready to fight with only a miners notice. |
Loyalist | an American colonists who remained loyal to Britan and apposed a war for independance |
Patriot | an American colonists who favored American freedom |
Petition | a formal request of govenment action |
Preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written. |