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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 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 by one's terms. |
Repeal | to cancel an act or law |
Rebellion | open defiance of authority |
Propoganda | ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause |
Committee of Correspondence | an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies |
Minuteman | during Revolutionary era, civilian sworn to be ready to fight at only one minute's notice |
Loyalist | American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war of independence |
Patriot | American colonist who favored American independence |
Petition | a formal request |
Preamble | the introduction to an important document that often tells why the document was written |