Vocab
Immigration
A person intending to establish a home citizenship in a country that is not their native country.
Cholera
A contagious disease that causes intentional problems and dehydration.
Demoncracy
A system of government in which citizens elect those who rule them.
Outspoken
Expressing an opinion clearly and directly.
Royal Commission
An official investigation established by the government (the crown).
Emigrant
A person who leaves their native country to establish a home and citizenship in another country. (moving between countries).
Quarntine
A pace where people with a contagious disease are required to stay, to separate them from healthy people and to prevent the spread of the disease.
Republic
A system of government that does not have monarch (usually democracy).
Boycott
To refuse something as a way to recreate pressure for change.
Assimilate
to become part of a different cultural group.
Unemployment
Having no work.
Reformer
Someone who seeks change - to reform - establishes rules and arguments in society.
Tyranny of the Majortiy
One person or group of people who holds power for their own interests. The phrase "tyranny of the majority" draws a parallel between power held by tyrant and power held by a majority in a democracy.
Arms
Weapons.
Coalition
An alliance among different groups.
A shortage of food lading to starvation for many people.
Colonial Government
A government established in a colony and controlled by an imperial power such as Britain.
Epidemic
The infection of a large population by a disease.
Amnesty
A general pardon.
Self Government
Government that does not answer to an imperial power.
Emigration
Leaving ones country to establish citizenship and a home in another country.
Advise
To give advice.
Crop Failure
Damage of elimination of a food crop, such as wheat, because of drought, insect damage or some other natural cause.
Rebellion
A challenge to the authority of a recognised government.
Demographics
Data about the characteristics of a population, such as number, origin and age,