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WordsDefinition
revenue incoming money
Writs of assistance legal document that enabled offficers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled.
reolution a formal expression of opinion
effigy a rag figure representing an unpopular individual.
boycott to refuse to buy items from a particular country
nonimportation the act of not importing or using certain goods.
repeal to cancel a act or law
propaganda ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion.
Committee of Correspondence an organzation that used meetings, letters, and pamphlets to spread political ideas through the colonies.
militia a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies.
minutemen companies of civilan solilders who boasted that they were ready to fight at a minute's notice.
loyalists american colonist who remained loyal to Britian and opposed the war for independence.
patriots american colonists who were determined to fight the British untill American independence won.
petition a formal request
preamble the introduction to a formal document. Especially the constitution.
Stamp Act Congress drafted a petition to the King and Parliment declaring the colonies could not be taxed only by there own assembelly.
Sons of Liberty took protest to the streets of the Stamp Act
Daughters of Liberty made goods in support of British goods.
James Otis a young lawyer in Boston. "Taxation without repersentation is tyranny.
Samuel Adams helped start the Sons of Liberity
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