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11th U.S. Chapt. 8
Vocabulary from pages 146 - 147
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| All 13 colonies are represented at when they met for the second time in May of 1775 | Second Continental Congress |
| Sentiment | Feeling |
| Grievances | Complaints |
| Drafted | Wrote |
| improvised | To do something off of the top of your head - To throw together - to wing it |
| distinguished | Famous - Honored |
| perceive | To see |
| reprimand | To scold |
| peer | Person who is just like you |
| contradictory | The reverse of something |
| Emphatic | forceful |
| entrench | To be anchored, to take root |
| Scanty | Not much |
| Petition that the Second Continental Congress sent to King George. It claimed that the colonies were loyal and asked George to stop being hostile towards the Colonists | Olive Branch Petition |
| Skirmish | Small fight - spat |
| Chasm | Gap |