George Washington: Our First President

Vocabulary part 2

By Mrs. Berg

French

• People of France

• See France in Google Earth

Married

• Join as husband and wife

Unfair

• An unfair decision

Ceremony

• Formal actions words and often music performed to mark an important occasion as in a wedding ceremony.

widow

• A women whose husband has died and who again is not married

mistreating

• Treat cruelly or badly

inauguration

• The ceremony of swearing in a public official

enjoyed

• To get pleasure from doing something

colonel

• An officer in the army, air force or Marine corps ranking below a general.

Laughter

• When you laugh you make a sound to that you think that something is funny.

Ruled

• To govern or have power and authority over a country.

traveled

• To go from one place to another, to take a trip.

lovely

• If someone is lovely the person is beautiful to look at or has a very attractive personality

colonies

• A group of people who leave their county to settle in a new area

became• To start to be.

needed

• To want or require something urgently the refugees need food and shelter

afterwards

• later

Settler

• To make a home or to live in a new place.

Mansion

• A very large and grand house.

Broke out

• To begin suddenly fighting broke out in the

Streets.

hooray

• A word used when people cheer.

Native Americans• Native Americans are sometime called

Americans Indians.

Parties

• An organized occasion when people enjoy themselves in a group.

General

A very high ranking officer in the army air force or marines.

Cheered

• To shout encouragement or approval.

passed

To approve or to make into law.

soldiers

• Someone who is in the army

Thirteen

Three more than ten 13.