Handout B: Vocabulary and Context Questions – Charles Pinckney (1757-1824)

VOCABULARY AND CONTEXT QUESTIONS

Excerpt from Notes of Debate in the Federal Convention of 1787 (reported by James Madison)

1. Vocabulary: Use context clues to determine the meaning or significance of each of these words and write their definitions:
   1. apportionment
   2. apprehensive
   3. insurrections
   4. exempt
   5. commodities
   6. meddle
   7. meddling
   8. expedient
   9. dispatching
   10. render
   11. provision
   12. sanction
   13. avail
   14. assent
   15. contend
   16. consumption
   17. revenue
   18. impeded
   19. sagacity
   20. traffic
2. Context: Answer the following questions.
   1. When was this document written?
   2. Where was this document written?
   3. Who wrote this document?
   4. What type of document is this?
   5. What was the purpose of this document?
   6. Who was the audience for this document