Vocabulary I
What does conspiracy mean?
What does surrendered mean?
To give up after a struggle
What does prominent mean?
Well known
Who was Red?
Thomas Jefferson's mouse
Where did Red live?
In Thomas Jefferson's saddlebag
What does exiled mean?
To force someone to leave his or her country.
What does manifesto mean?
A document of a list of grievances
What was Thomas Jefferson known as?
The Founding Father of our Country
How are Thomas Jefferson and Red similar to Ben and Amos?
They were both part of a mouse/human partnership.
What document did Red help write?
The Declaration of Independence
What does milliner mean?
A person who makes or sells women's hats.
What does orated mean?
To speak in a pompous or showy way.
Thomas Jefferson was the author of which important document?
The Declaration of Independence.
Why did Ben and Amos travel to France?
To try to get money money to help in the American Revolution.
Why did the diplomats, politicians, and spies surround Ben and Amos?
They were trying to figure out why Ben and Amos were in France.
Able to move quickly and easily.
What does seasick mean?
Nausea caused by the motion of a ship at sea.
Describe Thomas Jefferson's mouse Red.
Red had red hair, was a great speech maker, and the leader of other mice.
Why did Amos not want Ben to dine with Madame Helvetius?
She had a lot of cats.
Who was Sophia?
Madame Brillon's mouse
What does captive mean?
To be captured and held in a prison.
What does voyage mean?
A long journey taken by water.
Which important job did Thomas Jefferson eventually take?
He became the 3rd president of the United States.
How did Amos want to help Sophia?
To free her children and to reunite her with her children and husband.
Where did Sophia's children live?
In the cell beneath the Queen's throne.