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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. From The Declaration of Independence. Impel. To drive forward, force When people feel they have been wronged strongly enough to separate from their government , they should declare the causes which impel them to separate. Prudence. Cautiousness, carefulness

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary From The Declaration of Independence

  2. Impel • To drive forward, force • When people feel they have been wronged strongly enough to separate from their government, they should declare the causes which impel them to separate.

  3. Prudence • Cautiousness, carefulness • Prudence says that governments should not be changed unless there’s a good reason.

  4. Despotism • Government by ruler with unlimited power • When a government descends to despotism, the people have a right to create a new government in order to protect their future.

  5. Usurpations • To use something without the right to do so • A government which issues a long series of abuses and usurpations impels itself towards despotism.

  6. Tyranny • Oppression, domination, cruelty • The King of England’s usurpations have created a state of tyranny over the States.

  7. Candid • Honest, sincere, straight • To prove that the British government has become tyrannical, we will show the facts to a candid world.

  8. Relinquish • Surrender, abandon, resign, give up • The king of England refused to pass laws to protect the people, unless those people relinquished their right to have representation in the legislature.

  9. Annihilation • Total destruction, obliteration • Even if the King fires all of the representatives, legislative power cannot be annihilated, but someone else has to take it over instead.

  10. Appropriation • The taking of something; an acquisition • The King of England would not let the States grow because he made the appropriationof land more difficult than it needed to be.

  11. Abdicate • Renounce, relinquish, give up responsibility • The King of England has abdicated his duties in the American colonies, by declaring that they were outside of his protection, and waging war against them.

  12. Mercenary • Professional soldier hired to fight in a foreign army • The King is hiring foreign mercenaries, and sending them to the American colonies to commit further acts of tyranny and usurpations.

  13. Perfidy • Treachery, dishonesty • The perfidy in the States is worse than barbaric times, and is not fit for a civilized nation.

  14. Redress • Correction of a wrong • We have humbly and repeatedly asked the British government for redress.

  15. Magnanimity • Nobility, generousness of spirit, fairness • We want to believe that our current government is one of justice and magnanimity

  16. Rectitude • Morally correct behavior or thinking • We, the Representatives of the United States of America want to convince the rest of the world of our rectitude in declaring that these United Colonies are now the free and independent United States. We’re a real country now.

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