The Declaration of Independence Vocabulary

Impel means to

• look

• force

• deposit

• throw

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To make clear or to show

• vague

• evinces

• despotism

• redress

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully.

• petition

• inquire

• usurpations

• tyranny

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

No justification to enforce laws in a certain area.

• Unwarrantable jurisdiction

• emancipation proclamation

• manifest destiny

• search and seizure

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Generous spirit

• depleted

• miserly

• magnanimity

• despotism

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Descended from the same ancestor.

• consanguinity

• unrelated

• unassociated

• usurper

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Reluctantly accept without protest. Consent to

• hinder

• dispute

• despotism

• acquiesce

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Oppressive power exerted by a government or ruler.

• assent

• constrains

• rectitude

• tyranny

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Morally correct behavior or thinking; uprightness

• assent

• acquiesce

• rectitude

• unalienable

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Endowed means

• force

• clearly display

• provided

• priceless

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4