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Unit 5 Vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 oneś 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. |