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Unit 5 Vocab words
Term | Definition |
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Rebellion | Open defiance of authority |
Propaganda | Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause |
committee of correspondence | an originazition that spread political ideas and information through the colonies |
revenue | incoming money from taxes or other sources |
writ or assitance | court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods |
resolution | an officer expression of opinion by a group |
effigy | a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual |
boycott | to refuse to duy items in order to show dissaproval or force acceptance of oneÅ› terms |
repeal | to cancel an act or law |
minuteman | durring Revolutinary era, civilan sworn to be ready to fight with only one minutes notice |
loyalist | American colonist who remained loyal to Britian and opposed the war for indipendance |
patroit | American colonist whi favored American independace |
Petition | a formal request |
Preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the documnent was written. |