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21 Cards in this Set
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An area of land that serves as a barrier
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Buffer
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Areas of land on or near the borders of two adjoining countries, colonies or regions
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Borderlands
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Fort
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presidio
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Long-lasting
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permanent
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Not plentiful
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scarce
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Some ranchers in the borderlands of northern Mexico built large estates and they were called
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haciendas
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Self-supporting
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Self-sufficient
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small religious communities
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missions
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A colony where the king rules over the colony rather than the business people
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Royal colony
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The carrying of canoes and supplies around waterfalls and rapids or overland between rivers
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portage
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branch rivers
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tributaries
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The king gives ownership of a colony to one person and that person is allowed to rule
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proprietary colony
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owner
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proprietor
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document giving a person or group of people official approval to take a certain action
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charter
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crop that people raise to sell to others rather than to use themselves
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cash crop
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a safe place
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refuge
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Group of religious settlers who wanted to make the Church of England more pure
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Puritans
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The first written system of government in North America
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Fundamental Orders
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People who come to live in a country after leaving their home country
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Immigrants
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Plant from which blue dye is made
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Indigo
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People who had been in prison for owing money
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debtors
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