| A | B |
|---|
| Act | A law that has successfully passed through Parliament |
| Amassing | gathering together a large amount of something (e.g. money) |
| Commemoration | a celebration in memory of an important event/person |
| Commission | hire someone to create a work of art or music |
| Condemned | a person who is to be put to death |
| Conspirarcy | a secret plan, involving several people, to do something that is against the law |
| Extermination | total destruction |
| Financial | having to do with money |
| Inferior | not equal to: less than |
| Infraction | the act of doing something unlawful |
| Justify | to give acceptable reason for doing something |
| Legislative | related to laws |
| Majority | the larger part of something |
| Manipulate | to get someone to do what you want them to do |
| Mulatto | a person who has one white parent and one black parent |
| Privateers | sailors who are given permission by their country to attack and robbed ships belonging to other countries |
| Repressive | leaders, governments, groups or laws that control people in ways that are cruel or unfair |
| Searing | hot enough to burn |
| Universally | all over the world |
| Unveil | to uncover; to reveal; to show publically usually for the first time |
