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Core Vocabulary for Term 2

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Settlement   a place where groups of people live together: a recently created small village  
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Settler   someone who lives in a recently created small village.  
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Plantation   a large farm that specializes in growing items to sell.  
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Triangular Trade   The historical trade route between three ports (usually Europe, Africa, and the New World).  
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Founder   a person who creates an institution or settlement.  
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Conversion   the act of changing someone’s religion  
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Pilgrim   A person who makes a journey for religious purposes.  
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Cash Crop   Any crop that is grown for the purposes of being sold.  
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Puritans   A historical group of people who tried to change the Church of England.  
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Thesis/Claim   A statement of the truth of something, typically one that can be argued in multiple ways or in doubt.  
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Middle Passage   The name of the historical trade route between Africa and the New World.  
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