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Chapter 5 the spirit of independence vocab terms
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- 1Civic VirtueDemocratic ideas, practices, and values that form a truly free society
- 2miIlitiaa military force made up of ordinary citizens
- 3alliancea partnership of some-sort
- 4revenueincoming money from taxes or other sources
- 5Writ of Assistancecourt document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
- 6resolutionan official expression of an opinion by a group
- 7effigiesa mocking figure representing an unpopular individual
- 8boycottto refuse to use/buy in order of protest
- 9repealto cancel an act or law
- 10rebellionopen defiance of authority
- 11propogandaideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause
- 12committee of correspondencean organization that spreads political ideas
- 13minutemena civilization sworn to be ready to fight at a moments notice
- 14loyalistsan american colonist that stayed loyal to Britain and opposed war for independance
- 15patriotsAmerican colonist who favored American independance
- 16petitiona formal request
- 17preamblethe introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written
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- Chapter 5 the spirit of independence vocab terms
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- KYLIE VOEKS · Oct 2017
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