Chapter 9 Vocabulary
Published on Nov 30, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
REVOLUTION
- An overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established
- government or political system by the people governed.
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CUSTOMS DUTY
- A tax that is collected on goods that are taken into
- or out of a country
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ALLEGIANCE
- the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or
- of a subject to his or her sovereign.
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RESOLUTION
- a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a
- legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
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FACTION
- a group or clique within a larger group, party, government,
- organization, or the like: a faction in favor of big business.
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SIEGE
- the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such
- a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the
- resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
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SKIRMISH
- Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced
- or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
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