From colony to country

2. money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services
6. a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons
8. to say something officially or publicly
10. the activity of buying and selling or of exchanging goods or services between people or countries
12. in a way that shows that you are determined to do something despite difficulties
14. to become greater in size, number
15. the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by
16. to start something, such as an organization or an institution
17. very quickly
19. to free a country or a person from the control of somebody else
20. the state in which somebody suffers or dies because they have no food
21. existing all the time

1. the group of people who are elected to make and change the laws of a country
3. to succeed in reaching a particular goal
4. to change your appearance so that people cannot recognize you
5. the time of year when the crops are gathered in on a farm
7. to refuse to accept something and try to stop it from happening
9. a country or an area that is governed by people from another, more powerful, country
11. at the end of a period of time or a series of events
13. the right to vote in political elections
18. (of a country) freedom from political control by other countries