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American Revolution
The Bill of Rights
Vocabulary
100
This helps explain the meaning of special words.
What is the Glossary
100
To wonder more deeply about what the author is writing about.
What is questioning
100
This country won the American Revolution.
What is America
100
Name 3 of the 5 freedoms in the first amendment.
What are freedom of speech, religion, press, assemby, petition
100
A legally adopted change to the law.
What is an amendment
200
This shows us where things are located.
What are maps.
200
To picture in you mind what you are reading about.
What is visualizing
200
This man warned others the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere
200
There are this many amendments.
What are ten
200
A soldier who could fight on a minute's notice.
What is minutemen
300
This gives you more information about the pictures.
What are the captions
300
Relate what you've read to something you've experienced or read about before.
What is connecting
300
Name a reason the American Revolution started.
The colonists wanted their freedom, they did not want to be taxed or have to follow the laws of England
300
The Bill of Rights is part of this larger document
What is the Constitution
300
A colonist who wanted independence.
What is patriot
400
This lists important words from the text and shows the pages they can be found.
What is the index
400
To wonder or make a guess about what will happen next.
What is predicting
400
Colonel William Prescott said "Don't fire until you see" these.
What is "the whites of their eyes"
400
The fourth amendment states that police or government can not search your property unless they have this.
What is a warrant or a good reason to believe you have committed a crime
400
A place ruled by another country.
What is colony
500
This shows us what something looks like inside.
What are cutaways
500
Use what you read to understand the author's meaning.
What is inferring/making inferences
500
Name a strength and weakness of the British Army.
Strengths: more trained and experienced soldiers, more supplies Weakness: fighting far from home, did not know the land, did not care as much
500
This amendment says the punishment should fit the crime and does not allow for this.
What is cruel or unusual punishment
500
A war to replace one government with another government.
What is revolution