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unit 5 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Revenue | incoming money from taxes or other scores |
| Writ of assistance | court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods |
| Resolution | an official expression of opinion by a group |
| Effigy | a mocking figure representative an unpopular individual |
| Boycott | to refuse to buy item in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of ones term |
| Repeal | to cancel an act or law |
| Rebellion | open defiance of authority |
| Propaganda | ideas or information intentionally spread to harm, or help a cause |
| Committee of correspondence | an organization that spreads politics ideas and information through colonizes |
| Minuteman | during revolutionary era civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute notice |
| Loyalist | american colonist who remained loyal to Britten and posed the war for independence |
| Patriot | american colist who favored american Independence |
| Petition | a formal request |
| Preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |