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Flash Cards on the Vocabulary for the Road to Revolution Unit
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Social Studies
8th Grade
11/05/2015

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Prohibited
Definition
Stopped; disallowed
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Revenue
Definition
Incoming Money
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Writs of assistance
Definition
Legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled
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Violated
Definition
Disturbed or disregarded
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Resolution
Definition
A formal expression of opinion
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Effigies
Definition
Rag figure representing an unpopular individual
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Boycott
Definition
To refuse to buy items from a particular country
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Nonimportation
Definition
The act of not importing or using certain goods
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Repeal
Definition
To cancel an act or law
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Occupy
Definition
To control
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Encounter
Definition
To come upon; meet
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Propaganda
Definition
Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion
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Committee of Correspondence
Definition
An organization that spread political ideas through the colonies
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Minutemen
Definition
Companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a minute's notice
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Approach
Definition
Move toward
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Volunteer
Definition
Willingly step forward
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Petition
Definition
A formal request
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Debate
Definition
Discussion by opposing points of view
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Preamble
Definition
The introduction to a formal document, especially the Constitution
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Status
Definition
Rank or petition
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