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Grade 9 socials
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9th Grade
02/14/2011

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Scalplock
Definition
A small lock of hairrrr
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To repeal
Definition
To take backkkk
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To tar and feather
Definition
to smear with hot tar and roll in featherssss
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Land speculator
Definition
One who buys and sells land with the expectation of profitttt
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land claim
Definition
A legal claim to one's original territory.
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New Englanders
Definition
the settlers of the thirteen colonies.
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United empire loyalist
Definition
one who is faithful, or loyal to Britain.
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Upper Canada
Definition
"up" the St. lawrence River; part of present-day Quebec.
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Lower Canada
Definition
"down" the St. Lawrence river; part of present-day quebec.
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Dictator
Definition
A person with absolute authority.
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Margin
Definition
The difference between the cost and the selling price.
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philanthropist
Definition
A person who uses his or her money to help others.
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midden
Definition
a refuse heap.
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to circumnavigate
Definition
to sail around the world.
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Epic
Definition
Heroic.
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coastline mapping
Definition
mapping the edge of the land next to the sea.
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mariners
Definition
sailors.
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dentalia
Definition
narrow tuck shells from the west coast of vancouver island, a sign of high status among the native peoples of BC.
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navigational instuments
Definition
insruments to measure the location of the sun and stars with refernce to the horizon and time of day.
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overhead
Definition
the cost of running a business.
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Depot
Definition
a storehouse.
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cooperage
Definition
a place to make barrels and casks.
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smithy
Definition
a place where a blacksmith works.
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