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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 customs officers to enter any locations to search for smuggled goods |
Resolution | an official expression of opinion by 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 or an act or law |
Rebellion | open defiance of authority |
Propaganda | A formal request for government action |
Committee of correspondence | an organization that spread political ideas |
Minuteman | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |
Loyalist | american colonist who remained loyal to britain and opposed war for independence |
Patriot | American colonist who favored American independence |
Petition | principals and laws of a nation |
Preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |