Vocabulary – University of Georgia Chartered
Govern
Verb
To be responsible officially for directing the affairs, policies, and economy of a state, country, or organization
Ignorance
Noun
Lack of knowledge
Revolution
Noun
A major dramatic change. In the case of the Revolutionary war it was a complete overthrow and change of government
Fledgling
Adjective
Young, inexperienced
Republic
Noun
Political system with elected representatives
Charter
Noun
Formal document establishing an organization, company, or educational institution
Secular
Adjective
Not related to religion
Clarion Call
Noun
a direct public request for people to take action
Independent
Adjective
Not controlled by another person especially in this case a king or queen.
Statehood
Noun
The status of a stat in the United States of America
Flourishes
Verb
steady strong growth
Enlightenment
an 18th-century intellectual movement in Western Europe that emphasized reason and science in philosophy and in the study of human culture and the natural world
Philosophy
Noun
the study of the basic ideas like truth, existence, reality, freedom, liberty, government