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The American Journey
"DMS" The American Journey Ch. 5
| Term | Definitions |
|---|---|
| revenue | Money that comes into the country (British taxed the colonies) |
| writs of assistance | allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods (illegal trading goods) |
| resolution | a formal expression of opinion (passed by Virginia assembly saying only they only had the right to tax its citizens) |
| effigy | rag figures/dolls (like scarecrows that represented tax collectors) |
| boycott | refuse to buy |
| nonimporation | agreements signed by merchants, artisans, and farmers pledging not to buy or use goods imported from Great Britain |
| repeal | cancel (The Stamp Act was repealed or cancelled) |
| propaganda | information that is made to influence someone’s opinion (change their mind or think a particular way) |
| committee of correspondence | an organization that sent around writings about what the colonist didn’t like about Britain |
| militia | groups of citizen soldiers (formed to fight against the British) |
| minutemen | soldiers who claimed they would be ready to fight on a minute’s notice |
| loyalist | colonists that chose to be on Britain’s side because they did not consider unfair taxes to be a reason to rebel against their home country |
| patriot | colonists who were determined to fight the British to the end until American independence was won |
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