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Unit 5 vocab words
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 group |
Effigy | a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual |
Boycott | to refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of ones terms |
Repeal | to cancel an act or law |
Rebellion | open diffidence of authority |
Propaganda | ideas or information intentionally spread harm or to help a cause |
Committee of correspondence | an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies |
Minuteman | during a revolutionary era, civilian swore to be ready to fight with only one minutes notice |
Loyalist | American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
Patriot | American colonist who favored American independence |
Petition | a formal request |
Preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |