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VOCABULARY AND CONTEXT QUESTIONS
Excerpt from Notes of Debate in the Federal Convention of 1787 (reported by James Madison)
- Vocabulary: Use context clues to determine the meaning or significance of each of these words and write their definitions:
- apportionment
- apprehensive
- insurrections
- exempt
- commodities
- meddle
- meddling
- expedient
- dispatching
- render
- provision
- sanction
- avail
- assent
- contend
- consumption
- revenue
- impeded
- sagacity
- traffic
- Context: Answer the following questions.
- When was this document written?
- Where was this document written?
- Who wrote this document?
- What type of document is this?
- What was the purpose of this document?
- Who was the audience for this document