Handout B: Vocabulary and Context Questions – James Otis (1725-1783)

VOCABULARY AND CONTEXT QUESTIONS

Excerpts from The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, 1764

1. Vocabulary: Use context clues to determine the meaning or significance of each of these words and write their definitions:
   1. tranquility
   2. prosperity
   3. brethren
   4. body politic
   5. inestimable
   6. chapman
   7. barter
   8. renounced
2. Context: Answer the following questions.
   1. Who wrote this document?
   2. When was this document written?
   3. What type of document is this?
   4. Why was this document written?