Chapter 5 the spirit of independence vocab terms

Question	Answer
Civic Virtue	Democratic ideas, practices, and values that form a truly free society
miIlitia	a military force made up of ordinary citizens
alliance	a partnership of some-sort
revenue	incoming money from taxes or other sources
Writ of Assistance	court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
resolution	an official expression of an opinion by a group
effigies	a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual
boycott	to refuse to use/buy in order of protest
repeal	to cancel an act or law
rebellion	open defiance of authority
propoganda	ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause
committee of correspondence	an organization that spreads political ideas
minutemen	a civilization sworn to be ready to fight at a moments notice
loyalists	an american colonist that stayed loyal to Britain and opposed war for independance
patriots	American colonist who favored American independance
petition	a formal request
preamble	the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written

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