| A | B |
|---|
| buffer | an area of land that serves as a barrier |
| borderlands | an area that streched across what are today nothern Mexico and the southern U.S. from Florida to California |
| presidio | a fort |
| permanent | long-lasting |
| scarce | not plentiful (not much) |
| haciendas | large estates built by ranchers in the borderlands |
| self-sufficient | self-supporting |
| missions | small religious communities |
| royal colony | when the king, rather than the people who live there, rules the colony |
| portage | a method of transportation using birchbark canoes to navigate small rivers, the canoes were light enough to be carried |
| tributaries | branch rivers |
| proprietary colony | means the king gave ownership to one person and that person was allowed to rule |
| proprieter | another word for "owner" |
| charter | a document giving a person or group official approval to take a certain action |
| cash crop | a crop that people raise to sell to others rather than use themselves |
| refuge | safe place |
| puritans | settlers who did not seperate from the church but wanted to make it more "pure" |
| Fundamental Orders | the first written system of government in North America |
| immigrants | people who come to live in a country from another country |
| indigo | a plant from which blue dye is made |
| debtors | people who had been in prison for owing money |
| classified | sorted |
