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23 Cards in this Set
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colony
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land ruled by another country
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plantation
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large farms
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slavery
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practice of holding people against their will and making them work without pay
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borderlands
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Spain's claims that were on the lands at the border
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presidio
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forts in the borderlands
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mission
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religious settlements built by missionaries
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missionary
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religious teachers that went on expeditions in order to spread their religion
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hacienda
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large homes or estates
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raw material
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resource that can be used to make a product
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stock
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part ownership in a business
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cash crop
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crops that people grow to sell
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profit
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money left over after the costs have been paid
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indentured servant
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servants who work without pay
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legislature
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law making branch of the government
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represent
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speak for colonists in the government
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royal colony
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a colony ruled by a king or queen
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pilgrim
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a person who makes a journey for religious reasons
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compact
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an agreement
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self-government
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a system of government in which people make their own laws
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majority rule
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the political idea that the majority of an organized group should have the power to make decisions for the whole group
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