S.S chapter 5 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
revenue | incoming money |
legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled | |
resolution | a formal expression of opinion |
effigies | 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 organization that spread political ideas through the colonies |
militias | a group of civilians trained to fight in emergency's |
minutemen | companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a minutes notice |
loyalists | american colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
patriots | american colonists who were determined to fight the British until american independence was won |
petition | a formal request |
preamble | the introduction to a formal document , especially the constitution |
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