- 1. future generations collectively, all the descendants of one person
A) posterity
B) grievance
C) oratory
D) treason
- 2. a violation of allegiance to one’s country, especially by acting to overthrow the government
A) yokel
B) contradict
C) divulge
D) treason
- 3. to disclose or reveal a secret
A) divulge
B) posterity
C) tyranny
D) grievance
- 4. a wrong considered grounds for complaint
A) oppression
B) grievance
C) treason
D) contradict
- 5. the exercise of authority or power in a cruel or unjust manner
A) yokel
B) oratory
C) oppression
D) contradict
- 6. the art of public speaking
A) posterity
B) divulge
C) grievance
D) oratory
- 7. oppressive or unjust government, unrestrained exercise of power
A) grievance
B) treason
C) divulge
D) tyranny
- 8. to assert the contrary of, to imply a denial of
A) oratory
B) yokel
C) divulge
D) contradict
A) treason
B) posterity
C) grievance
D) yokel
- 10. to send off in various directions, scatter
A) tyranny
B) disperse
C) oppression
D) divulge
- 11. Every Friend to his Country, to Himself, and to __________________, or descendants, is now called upon to meet at Faneuil Hall, at nine o’clock.
A) yokel
B) disperse
C) posterity
D) grievance
- 12. He hoped Cilla would ______________, or disagree with, him, but she did not.
A) contradict
B) oppression
C) divulge
D) grievance
- 13. They were so close to _________________, or sedition, they kept no list of members.
A) posterity
B) treason
C) contradict
D) oratory
- 14. It happened they were there when the sheriff arrived and bade the meeting forthwith to ____________________, or break up.
A) tyranny
B) disperse
C) grievance
D) oratory
- 15. England had, by the fall of 1773, gone far in adjusting the _________________________, or complaints, of her American colonies.
A) contradicts
B) yokels
C) grievances
D) divulges
- 16. After all, thought Parliament, the Americans were __________________, or backwards, and farmers-not political thinkers.
A) disperses
B) yokels
C) contradicts
D) grievances
- 17. Swear by the great name of God Himself never, for as long as you live, to ______________________, or reveal, to anyone the secret matters now trusted to you.
A) divulge
B) tyranny
C) oratory
D) contradict
- 18. This closing of the port of Boston was indeed _____________________, this was oppression; this was the last straw upon the back on many a moderate man.
A) posterity
B) tyranny
C) disperse
D) grievance
- 19. This closing of the port of Boston was indeed tyranny, this was ________________________, or persecution; this was the last straw upon the back on many a moderate man.
A) oppression
B) divulge
C) treason
D) yokel
- 20. He did not stop the flood of treasonable ___________________, or speech, which poured forth from men like Warren and Quincy.
A) oppression
B) contradict
C) oratory
D) tyranny
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