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Independence vocab
Term | Definition |
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Revenue | Incoming money from taxes or other sources |
Writ of assistance | A 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 an act or law |
Rebellion | An open defiance(disagreement) 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 though the colonies |
Minuteman | During the Revolution era, civilians were sworn to be ready to fight in a minute's notice |
Loyalist | American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for the 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 |