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riches

Money, wealth

influx

Arrival in great numbers

persecution

Treating sb badly because of their race or beliefs

to flee

To run away from sth

superpower

One of the most powerful countries in the world, e.g. the USA,China, Russia

ultimate

Final, most important

perseverance

To continue doing sth, although it is difficult

ingenuity

Creativity, imagination, inventiveness

To persevere

To keep going despite difficulties

To enslave

To make sb a slave

To industrialize

To develop industries

Abolition

The end of slavery

to oppress

To treat sb in a cruel, unfair way

To discriminate (against)

To treat sb differently from, and worse than, sb else

to persecute sb

To treat sb in a cruel and unfair way, esp.because of their race, religion or political beliefs

enslavement

<>liberation, emancipation

Industrialization

An economy based on making material goods

assimilation

Integration of people, ideas, culture

To assimilate

To integrate into sth, possibly by giving up what make you different

colonization

travelling to a new area and taking control of it

Immigration

The movement of foreign people into a country to live permanently

Establishment

Starting, setting up

discrimination (against sb)

Treating a group of people in a worse way than others

division

Splitting, keeping seperate