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vocabulary week two
words of Note vocabulary list
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| charter | government grant giving a person or group the right to explore and colonize |
| clemency | a legal action that pardons someone or lessens a punishment; mercy, pity |
| deport | to expel a person from a country |
| emigrate | to leave one's country |
| exile | living in a foreign country after being legally expelled from one's native country |
| exodus | departure, usually of a group of people from their native land |
| garrison | fort or military outpost |
| immigrate | to enter a country for the purpose of settling there |
| indenture | a contract that requires on person to work for another for a certain length of time |
| legislation | laws |
| papal | relating to the Pope or the Roman Catholic Church |
| propaganda | a system of spreading political or religious beliefs; false statments |
| proprietor | an owner of property |
| provisions | food and supplies, |
| Protestantism | the churches that reject the Pope's authority and separated from the Roman Catholic Church |
| sanctuary | protection from punishment; refuge |
| sect | a group of people who share the same beliefs or philosophy |
| shackle | to place metal cuffs of a person's ankles or wrist |
| tyranny | harsh or cruel punishment |
| vagrant | a wandering, homeless person; beggar |