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Matching Practice: Worksheet


Match each term to it's sentence.





- province - - commission - - contribute - - sentiment - - integrity - - advocate - - oppressed - - corrupt - - dissolution - - impress -




He was known as a man of superior intelligence and of liberal sentiments.

Known as a man of superior intelligence, of liberal sentiments, of strict integrity, of stern republicanism, and of unbending patriotism, his influence was strongly felt.

At the age of twenty-two, Thomas Jefferson was elected to the provincial legislature and commissioned a justice of the peace,

From the beginning, he advocated a separation from Great Britain.

Thomas Jefferson was one of the youngest members of the continental congress, but he was praised as one of its main contributors.

In his document, he tells of the rights of man, the principles of free government, the sufferings of an oppressed people, the abuses of a corrupt government, and the effects of monarchy upon the lives of man.

At the age of twenty-two, Thomas Jefferson was elected to the provincial legislature and commissioned a justice of the peace.

In his document, he tells of the rights of man, the principles of free government, the sufferings of an oppressed people, and the abuses of a corrupt government.

Both Britain and France attempted to prevent American commerce with the other power by harassing American shipping, and Britain in particular sought to impress American sailors into the British Navy.

Former Vice President Aaron Burr, angered that he did not get elected President and was replaced by Mr. Clinton, attempted the formation of a new republic in the Spanish provinces on the Mississippi; apparently aiming at an ultimate division, if not dissolution of the United States.