Vocab from the European Exploration and Colonial Life Units
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| colony | A new settlement or territory established and governed by another country
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| slavery | The treatment of people as property
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| Columbian Exchange | The exchange of plants, animals, diseases and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas
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| revolt | To rise up against someone in power, usually in a violent way
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| convert | To change one’s religion
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| missionaries | People who travel to try and change other people’s religion
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| conquistadors | Spanish soldier-explorers
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| charter | A formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony’s geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed
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| rights | Powers or privileges that belong to people as citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government
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| mercantilism | An economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies
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| cash crops | A crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit
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| slave trade | The business of capturing or buying, transporting, and selling people as slaves
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| democratic | A government or country ruled by the people
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| Great Awakening | A revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730s
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| Parliament | The lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the kingdom
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