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Independence vocab
Term | Definition |
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revenue | incoming money from taxes or other sources. |
writ of assistants | 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 term |
repeal | to cancel an 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 ideas and information through the colonies |
minuteman | during 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 |
preamble | preamble the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |