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