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Independence Vocab
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 of one's terms |
Repeal | To cancel act or 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 information through the colonies. |
Minuteman | during Revolutionary era, civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's 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 |
Preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |