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Spiritofindependence
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Revenue | incoming money from taxes or other sources |
| writ of assistance | Court Document allowing custom officers to enter any location to search for smuggled Goods |
| prohibit | to prevent forbid |
| 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 terms |
| repeal | to cancel an actor law |
| Violate | to disregard |
| Rebellion | open Defiance of authority |
| propaganda | ideas are information intentionally to spread harmful or help a Cause |
| Committee of Correspondence | and organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies |
| occupy | to move into and take control of a place |
| encounter | a sudden often violent Clash |
| Minuteman | during revolutionary era civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute notice |
| approach | to draw near something |
| loyalist | American:ists who remain loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
| Patriot | American:ists who favored American independence |
| so-called | known as |
| Petition | a formal request |
| discipline | the ability to follow strict rules |
| debate | a discussion of opposing points of view |
| preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |
| status | rank or a place as compared to others |
| Movement | in which direction did British forces retreat |
| advocate | supporter |
| reconciliation | settlement understanding |
| renounce | to give up to abandon |
| animosity | hostility hatred |
| infallibility | without fail |
| torrent | fast moving liquid |