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Independance vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Revenue | incoming money from taxes and other resources |
| Writ of assistance | court allowing custom officers |
| Resolution | an officer expression of opinion in a group |
| Effigy | to refuse buy items in order to show disapproval of force acceptance of ones terms |
| Boycott | a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual |
| Repeal | to cancel an act or law |
| Rebellion | a defiance of authority |
| Propaganda | ideas of 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 the Revolutinary era civilian are sworn to be ready to fight with only one minutes notice |
| Loyalist | american colonist who remained loyal to britain and opposed the war for independance |
| Patriot | American colonist who favored American idependance |
| Petition | a formal request |
| Preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written. |