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| beleif in the benifits of profitable trading |
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| A written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power |
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| A crop that is produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower |
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| A government where citizens vote to elect people to represnt |
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| A democracy in which the power to govern lies directly in the hands of the people rather than being exercised through their representatives |
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| to harass or annoy someone especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs |
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| The principle that states that the greater number has greater power |
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| Separation of church and state |
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| The principle that government must maintain an attitude of neutrality toward religion. |
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| When people allow other people to think about god(s) in ways that they do not think are true. They tolerate religious beliefs and practices which are different from their own beliefs |
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| The journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean |
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| The journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean |
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| Transatlantic Slave Trade |
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| The enslavement and transportation, primarily of African people, to the colonies of the New World that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean |
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| A plantation is a large agricultural property dedicated to planting a few crops on a large scale. |
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| The farmers only focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families. |
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| A person under contract to work for another person for a certain period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country |
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| A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them, and do what they say |
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| A tropical plant of the pea family, which was commonly used as a source of dark blue dye. |
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| A form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler |
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| A person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another |
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| People who are forced to leave their homes for a certain reason and where the state authorities are unable or unwilling to protect them |
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