Colonization - the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area., Exploration - the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it., Trade - the voluntary exchange of goods or services between different economic actors, Refuge - a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble., Persecution - hostility and ill-treatment, especially on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or political beliefs., Mercantilism  - British controlled colonial trade, angered colonist, Revenue - the money generated from normal business operations, calculated as the average sales price times the number of units sold., Natural harbors - a deep body of water that is sheltered by a barrier that allows ships to dock without touching the bottom, Social contract - an agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, Assembly  - a group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose., Tolerance - the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with., Representative government - our government is elected by citizens; a type of democracy where representatives are elected by the public., Lawmaking - The process of creating new laws through a formal procedure by a branch of government, Self-government - government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony., Salutary neglect - the unofficial British policy where parliamentary rules and laws were loosely or not enforced on the American colonies and trade.,

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