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Social Studys (1)
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Custom Duty | A tax on imports and exports |
| Inflation | The lose of value of money |
| Nonimportant agreetment | A pledge by merchants not to buy imported goods from a particular source |
| Wrist of assistance | A search warrant enabling custom officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling |
| Committee of correspondence | Committee organized in each colony to communicate with and unify the colonies |
| Minutemen | Companies of civilian soldiers who boasted they were ready to fight at a minutes notice |
| Guerrilla | A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes |
| Morale | A feeling of confidence or enthusiasm |
| Republic | Form of government in which power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote |
| Emancipation | The act or process of freeing enslaved persons |
| Manumission | The voluntary freeing of enslaved persons |
| Substitute | To put or use in the place of another |
| Dominance | Being in a state or position of command or control over all others |
| Enforce | To urge or carry out using force |
| Submit | To put forward for consideration or judgment |
| Equip | To furnish with provision; to make ready for action |
| Objective | Strategic position to be attained or a purpose to be achieved by a military operation |
| Contradiction | A situation in which inherent factors, actions, or propositions are inconsistent or contrary to one another |
| Revolutionary | Constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change |