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unit 5 vocab words
Term | Definition |
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revenue | incoming money from taxes or other sources |
writ of assistance | court document allowing sutoms officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods. |
resolution | an official expression of opinion by a group |
effigy | a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual |
boycott | to refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms. |
repeal | to cancel an act or law |
rebellion | open defiance of authority |
prepaganda | ideas or infromation intentionally spread to harm or help a cause |
comittee of correspondence | an organization that spread political ideas and infromation through the colonies. |
minuteman | during revolutionary ear, civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice |
loyalist | American coloniest who remained loyal to britian and opposed the wat for independence. |
patriot | American coloniest who favored american independence. |
petition | a formal request |
preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |