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| 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 |
| effigy | a mocking figure representing an unpopular official |
| boycott | to refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms |
| repeal | to cancel an act or law |
| rebellion | open defiance of authority |
| propaganda | ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause |
| committee of correspondence | an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies |
| minuteman | during Revolutionary era, civilians sworn to be ready to fight with only a minute's notice |
| Loyalist | American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |
| Patriot | American colonist who favored American independence |
| petition | a formal request |
| preamble | the introduction to a formal document that explains why it was written |
| civilian | a person not in the armed services or the police force |
| discipline | the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience |
| legislature | lawmaking body |
| First Continental Congress | a meeting of delegates of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia at the beginning of the American Revolution |
| withdraw | remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position |
| pamphlet | a small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies |
| Sons of Liberty | a loosely organized, clandestine, sometimes violent, political organization active in the Thirteen Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government |
| Daughters of Liberty | the formal female association that was formed in 1765 to protest the Stamp Act, and later the Townshend Acts, and was a general term for women who identified themselves as fighting for liberty during the American Revolution |
| Olive Branch Petition | adopted by Congress on July 5, 1775, to be sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war from being declared |
| committee | a group of people appointed for a specific function, typically consisting of members of a larger group |
| impel | to make someone feel that they must do something |
| endow | naturally possessing a certain quality, talent, physical feature, or other advantage, |
| usurpation | taking someone's power or property by force |
| relinquish | to give up or surrender |
| inestimable | priceless |
| annihilation | complete destruction |
| convulsion | a violent social or political change |
| naturalization | the admittance of a foreigner to the citizenship of a country |
| abdicate | to give up power |
| perfidy | to be disloyal; to betray someone |
