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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 |
Repeal | to cancel an act or law |
Rebellion | an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler |
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 |