Vocabulary Social Studies Chapter 5

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Buffer

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an area of land that serves as a barrier

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Borderlands

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the district near a border

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Presidio

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shelter for settlers

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Permanent

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long-lasting

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scarce

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not plentiful

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haciendas

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a plantation

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self-sufficient

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self-supporting

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missions

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small religious communities

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royal colony

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type of colonial administration of the English and later British Empire

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portage

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transportation

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tributaries

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branch rivers

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proprietary colony

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giving ownership to the colony

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proprietor

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owner

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Puritans

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their religion is more "pure"

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charter

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is a document that gives a person or group of people official approval to take a certain action

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Fundamental Orders

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first written system of government in North America

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influenence

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is the ability people or things have to affect other people or thing

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refuge

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safe place

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immigrants

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are people who come to live in a country after leaving their home country

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frontier

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the land beyond the settlements

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cash crop

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a crop that people raise to sell to others rather than to use themselves

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House of Burgesses

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is a representative who speaks to other people

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naval stores

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materials used in shipping

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indigo

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a plant from which a blue dye is made

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debtors

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people who had been in prison for owing money

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classified

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sorted

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town meeting

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male landowners could take part in government

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common

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an open area where livestock grazed

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militia

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volunteer army

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farm produce

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grains, fruits, and vegetables

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imports

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goods brought into the colonies from other colonies

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Conestogas

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big covered wagons

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country seat

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main town

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country

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large part of a colony

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export

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goods to be sold in other countries

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triangular trade routes

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manufacture goods

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apprentices

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employ

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broker

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is a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else

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indenture sevant

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was a person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time

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auction

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public sale