Chapter 5 Vocabulary

open defiance of authority

• rebellion

• revenue

• propaganda

• preamble

the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written

• propaganda

• minutemen

• preamble

• revenue

to cancel an act or law

• repeal

• revenue

• rebellion

• preamble

American colonist who favored American independence

• patriot

• petition

• loyalist

• resolution

during Revolutionary era, civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only a minute's notice

• boycott

• minutemen

• preamble

• propaganda

an official expression of opinion by a group

• rebellion

• resolution

• petition

• committee of correspondence

a formal request

• resolution

• petition

• committee of correspondence

• patriot

a mocking figure representing an unpopular figure

• propaganda

• revenue

• boycott

• effigy

to refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms

• minutemen

• preamble

• revenue

• boycott

American who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

• loyalist

• patriot

• petition

• resolution