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The American Vision
Chapter 4: Key Terms
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History
11th Grade
01/10/2010

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customs duty
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a tax on imports and exports
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inflation
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the loss of value of money
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nonimportation agreement
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a pledge by merchants not to buy imported goods from a particular source
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writ of assistance
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a search warrent enabling customs officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling
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committee of correspondence
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committee organized in each colony to communicate with and unify the colonies
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minuteman
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componies of civilian soldiers who boasted they were ready to fight on a minute's notice
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Loyalist
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American colonists who supported Britain and opposed the War for Indepence
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Patriot
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American colonist who supported the War for Independence
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guerilla warfare
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a hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
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letters of marque
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licenses issued by Congress to private ship owners authorizing them to attack British merchant ships
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republic
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form of government in which power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote
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emancipation
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the act or process of freeing enslaved persons
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manumission
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the voluntary freeing of enslaved persons
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