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Unit 5 vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Revenue | incoming money from taxes or other sources |
| Writ of assistance | court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled gooods |
| Resolution | an official expression of opinion by a group |
| Effigy | a moking figure representing an unpopular individual |
| Boycott | to refuse to buy items in order to show dissaproval of force |
| Repeal | to cancel a act or law |
| Rebellion | open defiance of authority |
| Propaganda | ideas or information |
| Committee of correspondence | an organization that spread political ideas and informtion through colnies |
| Minuteman | during the revolutionary era civillan sword to be there within a minute |
| Loyalist | american colonist who stayed lowyal to the british |
| Patriot | american colonist who favor independence |
| Petition | a formal request |
| Preamble | the introdoction to a formal docement |