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Unit 5 Vocab Words
Term | Definition |
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revenue | incoming money from taxes or other sources |
resolution | an official expression of opinion by a group |
rebellion | open defiance of authority |
repeal | to cancel an act or law |
writ of assistance | court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods |
effigy | a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual |
boycott | to refuse to buy items in order to protest or to force acceptance of one's terms |
committee of correspondence | an organization that spread political ideas and information through Britain's American colonies |
minutemen | a civilian during Revolutionary era who was ready to fight with only one minute's notice |
propaganda | ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause |
Patriot | American colonist who favored American independence |
petition | a formal request for government action |
preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |
Loyalist | an American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |