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22 Cards in this Set
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language
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a set of words a group of people use to communicate
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oral history
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spoken history
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shelter
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a home or building that protects people from the weather
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explorer
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a person who goes to find out about a place
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religion
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a person's belief system
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claim
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to say that something belongs to you
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settlement
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a new community
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settler
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one of the first people to live in a new community
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conflict
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a disagreement
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slavery
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a system under which people have no choices
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freedom
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the right to make your own choices
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colony
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a settlement that is ruled by another country
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tax
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the money that citizens pay the government for goods and services
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revolution
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a fight for a change in government
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independence
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freedom from another country's control
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constitution
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a written set of laws that describe how a government will work
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pioneer
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a person who settles a new land
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civil war
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a war in which the citizens of a country fight each other
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territory
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land that belongs to a government but is not a state or a colony
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amendment
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a change to something that is already written
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immigrant
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a person who comes to live in a country from somewhere else in the world
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immigrant
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a person who comes to live in a country from somewhere else in the world
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