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Chapter 5
The Spirit of Independence
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| revenue | income |
| writ of assistance | a legal document to search houses or specific places for smuggled goods |
| resolution | a formal expression of opinion |
| effigy | stuffed figures |
| boycott | to abstain from buying or using verb |
| repeal | cancel |
| prohibit | barred; to stop |
| violate | to break or fail to comply with |
| rebellion | resistance to or defiance of any authority, control, or tradition |
| propaganda | information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc |
| committee of correspondence | an intercolonial. committee organized 1772 by Samuel Adams in Massachusetts to keep colonists informed of British anticolonial actions and to plan colonial resistance or countermeasures |
| occupy | to take up or fill up |
| encounter | to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly |
| minuteman | a member of a group of American militiamen just before and during the Revolutionary War to help themselved in readiness for instant military service |
| Loyalist | a person who is loyal and supports where they live or who they live with. |
| Patriot | a person who loves, supports, and defends their country and its interests with devotion |
| approach | to come to or nearer to |
| so-called | called or designated thus |
| petition | a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| discipline | training to act in accordance with rules |
| debate | a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints |
| status | the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing. |
| advocate | to speak or write in favor of |
| reconciliation | the act of coming to an understanding and putting an end to hostility, as when former enemies agree to an amicable truce |
| renounce | to give up or put aside voluntarily |
| animosity | a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action |
| infallibly | without fail |
| torrent | fast-moving liquid(s) |
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