Harcourt Early United States 2000 5th Grade C5 L1
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- an area of land that serves as a barrier
- buffer
- Areas of land on or near the borders between countries, colonies, or regions.
- borderlands
- a military fort built for the protection of setttlers in the Spanish borderlands
- presidio
- long lasting
- permanent
- not plentiful
- scarce
- A large estate (Spanish)
- hacienda
- self-supporting
- self-sufficient
- a small community of Catholic religiouis workers in the Spanish colonies
- mission
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1460-1521
Spanish explorer who landed on the North American mainland in 1513 in what is now Florida - Ponce de Leon, Juan
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1519-1574
Spanish leader of settlers in St. Augustine, Florida, the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States - Menendez de Aviles, Pedro
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1713-1784
Spanish missionary who helped build a string of missions in California - Serra, Father Junipero