Vocabulary

Burden

A load, duty, or responsibility.

Abdicated

To renounce or reject (especially a throne).

Convulsions

Violent upheaval or muscle contraction.

Parliament

A formal conference or legislative body.

Prudence

Caution, wisdom, or foresight.

Inestimable

Too valuable or great to be estimated.

Acquiesce

To agree or comply without protest.

Inhabitants

People or animals living in a place.

Insurrections

Uprisings or rebellions.

Jurisdiction

The authority to administer justice or laws.

Rectitude

Moral correctness or uprightness.

Denounce

To publicly declare something to be wrong.

Commerce

The activity of buying and selling, trade.

Abolishing

To formally put an end to.

Unanimous

In complete agreement.

Appropriations

Allocations or setting aside of funds.

Annihilation

Complete destruction.

Legislative

Relating to making laws.

Grievances

Complaints or injustices.

Self-evident

Obvious, not needing proof.

Mercenaries

Hired soldiers working for money.

Tyrant

A cruel or oppressive ruler.

Arbitrary

Based on random choice or personal whim.

Delegate

A person sent with authority to represent others.

Ascent

The act of rising or climbing up.

Relinquish

To give up or abandon.

Unalienable

Unable to be taken away or surrendered.

Depository

A place where things are stored.

Usurpations

Wrongful seizures of power or property.

Tenure

The right to hold property or office.

Endeavored

To try hard to achieve something.

Desolation

Devastation, emptiness, or sorrow.

Despotism

Absolute power or control by a ruler.

Magnanimity

Generosity or nobility of spirit.