A nation declares independance

cool vocab

resolution

a former statement or opinion

preamble

introduction

logic

reason, careful thought

Thomas Paine

A person who ridiculed

Richard Henry Lee

A person who introduced the virginia resolution to Congress.

impelled

forced

unalienable rights

basic rights that cannot be taken away.

usurpations

unjust uses of power

despotism

tyranny

relinquish

to give up

inestimable

priceless

convulzions

riots amung the colonies

tenure

term of office

perfid

dishonesty

redress

to correct

rectitude

justness