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Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| revenue | incoming money from taxes or other sources |
| write of assistance | court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods |
| resolution | an official expression of opinion by a group |
| effigy | a nocking 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 act or law |
| rebellion | open defiance of authority |
| propaganda | ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause |
| committee of correspondece | an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies |
| minuteman | during revolutionary era,civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice |
| patriot | American colonist who favored American colonist who favor Ed american independence |
| preamble | the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written |
| mercenary | hired soldier |
| recruit | to enlist in the military |
| imfation | when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods |
| blockade | measure that keeps ships entering or leaving a harbor |
| privateer | pricately owned ship outfitted with weapons |
| siege | an attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people and goods |