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8th Grade SS Vocab#3
Term | Definition |
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Profits | the money left after expenses gave been paid |
Colony | a settlement ruled by a distant country |
Abandon | leave |
Refuge | a safe place |
Persecute | means to treat someone poorly or oppress them because of race, religion or beliefs |
Privateer | a professional pirate hired by a nation to attack the ships of rival nations and steal their cargo |
Convert | a person who has been persuaded to change their religion or beliefs |