The Declaration of Independence Vocabulary

Impel means to

• look

• force

• deposit

• throw

To make clear or to show

• vague

• evinces

• despotism

• redress

To seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully.

• petition

• inquire

• usurpations

• tyranny

No justification to enforce laws in a certain area.

• Unwarrantable jurisdiction

• emancipation proclamation

• manifest destiny

• search and seizure

Generous spirit

• depleted

• miserly

• magnanimity

• despotism

Descended from the same ancestor.

• consanguinity

• unrelated

• unassociated

• usurper

Reluctantly accept without protest. Consent to

• hinder

• dispute

• despotism

• acquiesce

Oppressive power exerted by a government or ruler.

• assent

• constrains

• rectitude

• tyranny

Morally correct behavior or thinking; uprightness

• assent

• acquiesce

• rectitude

• unalienable

Endowed means

• force

• clearly display

• provided

• priceless