List 1: Sentence Pattern: complex sentence
1. Brazen: adjective; bold; without shame
2. Compunction: noun; feeling of guilt after doing something bad; unease; regret
3. Din: noun; loud and annoying noise; racket OR verb; make a loud, unpleasant and prolonged noise
4. Edict: noun; an official order issued by a person in authority; decree
5. Indiscretion: noun; imprudence; recklessness; carelessness
6. Perquisites: noun; something regarded as a special privilege enjoyed as a result of one’s position
7. Sepulcher: noun; small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is buried OR verb; lay or bury a person
8. Suppliant: noun; a person who makes a plea to someone with power or authority OR adjective; pleading; begging; imploring
9. Tumult: noun; loud and confused noise caused by a large group of people; confusion and disorder
10. Marauding: Adjective; predatory; thieving; plundering OR verb; to roam in search of things to steal or people to attack
Pennsylvania, 1791
When George Washington passed the edict that imposed a new tax on whisky, there was no way he could have foreseen the chaos that would ensue. When the news reached western Pennsylvania, a region whose economy depended on whisky production, marauding mobs started to emerge. Without any hint of compunction, rebels boldly used force to coerce the government to repeal the tax. Officials were lynched, tarred and feathered. Businesses were plundered. After a few days, the insurgents were so wildly out of control that they even started trespassing on the graveyard and looting various sepulchers.
General John Neville was one of the tax inspectors posted in Pennsylvania. Regardless of the recent pandemonium, he was still responsible for carrying out his job. Even though he tried to do it with a brazen attitude, he shivered with fear every time he heard the din and tumult of the approaching throngs. Soon enough, because of the perquisites he enjoyed for being in a government position, resentment against him began to spread across the region. One morning, five hundred armed men attacked his home, finally forcing Washington in intervene.
Because of the rebels’ indiscretion, the government knew it had to act boldly. If Washington didn’t show that the government had some muscle, the revolt would most likely happen again. Troops were sent to western Pennsylvania, where the leaders of the riot were arrested. Once these men were incarcerated, they were so suppliant for forgiveness that they were eventually pardoned. However, the government’s strong and assertive reaction left an impact—from then on, people respected the power of the federal government.
1. Brazen: adjective; bold; without shame
2. Compunction: noun; feeling of guilt after doing something bad; unease; regret
3. Din: noun; loud and annoying noise; racket OR verb; make a loud, unpleasant and prolonged noise
4. Edict: noun; an official order issued by a person in authority; decree
5. Indiscretion: noun; imprudence; recklessness; carelessness
6. Perquisites: noun; something regarded as a special privilege enjoyed as a result of one’s position
7. Sepulcher: noun; small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is buried OR verb; lay or bury a person
8. Suppliant: noun; a person who makes a plea to someone with power or authority OR adjective; pleading; begging; imploring
9. Tumult: noun; loud and confused noise caused by a large group of people; confusion and disorder
10. Marauding: Adjective; predatory; thieving; plundering OR verb; to roam in search of things to steal or people to attack
Pennsylvania, 1791
When George Washington passed the edict that imposed a new tax on whisky, there was no way he could have foreseen the chaos that would ensue. When the news reached western Pennsylvania, a region whose economy depended on whisky production, marauding mobs started to emerge. Without any hint of compunction, rebels boldly used force to coerce the government to repeal the tax. Officials were lynched, tarred and feathered. Businesses were plundered. After a few days, the insurgents were so wildly out of control that they even started trespassing on the graveyard and looting various sepulchers.
General John Neville was one of the tax inspectors posted in Pennsylvania. Regardless of the recent pandemonium, he was still responsible for carrying out his job. Even though he tried to do it with a brazen attitude, he shivered with fear every time he heard the din and tumult of the approaching throngs. Soon enough, because of the perquisites he enjoyed for being in a government position, resentment against him began to spread across the region. One morning, five hundred armed men attacked his home, finally forcing Washington in intervene.
Because of the rebels’ indiscretion, the government knew it had to act boldly. If Washington didn’t show that the government had some muscle, the revolt would most likely happen again. Troops were sent to western Pennsylvania, where the leaders of the riot were arrested. Once these men were incarcerated, they were so suppliant for forgiveness that they were eventually pardoned. However, the government’s strong and assertive reaction left an impact—from then on, people respected the power of the federal government.
