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Reading "America"
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Democracy | a kind of government in which the people choose leaders by voting |
| Civic | the duties, rights, and responsibilities of citizens in a community, city or nation |
| Delegates | people who have been chosen to lead |
| Convention | a meeting of people who share the same goals or ideas |
| Domestic | it is part of or about the country in which you live |
| Welfare | caring about if a person is healthy and happy |
| Posterity | thinking ahead to all the people who will be alive in the future |
| constitution | is the plan for how the government works |
| framers of the constitution | the leaders who got together to create the plan called the constitution |
| endowed | a feature or quality that belongs to you that has been passed down to you by a parent |
| declaring | when you tell others your strong feelings and making them clearly known |
| independence | when you are freee to set your own rules and make your own choices |
| presented | when you give something to someone or show them something |
| gritty | a way of describing something that is rough or snady |
| hoisted | to pull or hold something up into the air |
| broad | something that is wide |
| ferry | a boat that carries people and cars across a river |
| monument | a statue or building that honors an event or person |
| torch | a stick with a flame at one end |
| sculptor | an artist who uses wood, stone, metal to make art |
| inspired | someone or something that makes you want to do something |
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