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Unit 5 Vocab Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Revenue | incoming money |
| Writ of assistance | legal document that allowed police officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be illegal |
| Resolution | a formal talk about an opinion |
| Effigy | a rag person representing and unpopular individual. |
| Boycott | to refuse to buy items |
| Repeal | to cancel an act or law |
| Rebellion | a opposition of the established government |
| Propaganda | information designed to spread and opinion |
| Committee of correspondence | and organization that spreads political ideas through multiple areas |
| Minuteman | civilian soldiers that said they were ready to fight at a minutes notice |
| Loyalist | Americans that still sided with the British and were against the independence war |
| Patriot | an American that fought in the British independence war until it was won |
| Petition | a formal request |
| Preamble | the introduction of a legal document such as the constitution |