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Unit 5 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Revenue | incoming money form taxes or other sources |
Writ of assistance | court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggles 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 ones terms |
repeal | to cancel an act of law |
rebellion | open defiance of authority |
propaganda | 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 the revolutionary era civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute notice |
Loyalist | American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
Patriot | american colonist who favored american independence |
Petition | a formal request |