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Smuggle   Importing taxed goods into the country illegally  
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Effigy   Something made of straw burned outside of homes and offices  
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Tory\loyalist   One third of the colonists population who supported king George the III and Britain , people who wanted to stay loyal  
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Petition   A formal written request to someone in power signed by a group of people  
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Boycott   Refuse to buy  
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Repeal   Remove a law  
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Writ of Assistance   A legal document that allowed custom officials to enter a business/home and search for smuggled items without reason  
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Sons of Liberty   Angry colonists who protested, burn effigies, smuggled goods, and prompt colonists to not import English goods  
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Committee of Correspondence   To write letters and pamphlets to protest and arouse the colonists into action  
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Minuteman   Colonists who were ready to battle quickly  
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Militia   Army/military  
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Shot heard "around the world"   A shot fired from a musket that was anonymous at Lexington  
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Patriot   A third of the population who supported the colonists and Boston  
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Tar and feather   Throwing pine tar on the victim and then rolling him in feathers  
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Stamp   A small piece of paper on a paper good indicating that tax was payed  
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Parliament   The British government branch that made all of the taxing decisions and such  
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Representation   Someone speaking for a group to show their sides  
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Tyranny   Cruel government, outlandish  
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