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acquitted |
free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty |
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amend |
make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer, more accurate, or more up-to-date |
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coercive |
relating to or using force or threats |
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committee of correspondence |
were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution |
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converge |
gradually change so as to become similar |
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sedition |
conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch |
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regulator |
Angry colonist who wanted a voice |
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Tallow |
animal fatty tissue |
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Tory |
member of a former British political party, traditionally in opposition to the Whig party |
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whigs |
political faction or party in the parliaments of Great Britain |
