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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 |
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 ones items |
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, Civillian 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 |