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  • Any movement of people, either temporary or permanent, from one place to another.
    migration
  • A region of land that is under the political control of another country.
    colonies
  • The exchange of goods or services between people.
    trade
  • A settler of a colony.
    colonist
  • A system in which the citizens of a country rule themselves and their own affairs.
    self-government
  • The freedoms we have that are protected by our laws
    rights
  • Soil that is full of nutrients that make it easy for plants to grow.
    fertile
  • The money one gets from selling something.
    profit
  • The act of continually treating others in a cruel way because of race, religion, politics, or some other difference.
    persecution
  • When someone owns another person, when people are forced to work and aren't paid
    slavery
  • The legislature, or lawmaking group, in the government of the United Kingdom (Great Britain)
    parliament
  • A person living in a country other than that, of his or her birth.
    immigrants