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28 Cards in this Set
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Large estates built in northern Mexico |
Hacienda |
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Fleet of warships |
armada |
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Commander of English warships; actually pirates protected by Queen Elizabeth |
Sea dog |
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People who go to live in a colony |
Colonist |
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Large farms |
Plantation |
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Share of ownership in a company |
Stock |
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More than half of the people have to agree for a decision to be made |
Majority rule |
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A branch of a government that makes laws |
legislature |
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A person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
Pilgrim |
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Small religious settlements |
Mission |
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Land ruled by another country |
Colony |
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A resource that can be used to make a product |
raw material |
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Buffer zone north of new Spain stretching across what are today northern Mexico and the southern United States from Florida to California |
Borderlands |
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Colony ruled directly by a monarch |
Royal colony |
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an agreement |
Compact |
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Colony given to one person by the king; person allowed to rule the Colony |
Proprietary colony |
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Person sent by a church to teach it’s religion |
Missionary |
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Forts |
Presidio |
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Governing oneself |
Self rule |
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Crop that people raised to sell rather then use themselves |
Cash crop |
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An area of land that serves as a barrier |
Buffer zone |
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A representative who is chosen by and speaks for other people |
burgess |
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Self supporting |
Self-sufficient |
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Economic success |
Prosperity |
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Colony given to one person by the king; person allowed to rule the colony |
Proprietary |
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War between two groups in the same country |
Civil War |
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The right to control and the right to make decisions |
authority |
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Long lasting |
permanent |
