| Term | Definition |
|---|
| incoming money | revenue |
| legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled | writ of assistance |
| formal expression of opinion | resolution |
| rag figure representing an unpopular individual | effigy |
| to refuse to buy items from a particular country | boycott |
| the act of not importing or using certain goods | nonimportation |
| to cancel an act or law | repeal |
| ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion | propaganda |
| an organization that spread political ideas through the colonies | commitee of correspondence |
| a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies | militia |
| companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a minutes notice | minutemen |
| American colonists who remained loyal to Britain | Loyalists |
| American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won | Patriots |
| a formal request | petition |
| the introduction to a formal document, especially the Constitution | preamble |
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