based on reading

Reading:DeLay, Authority [DeLay, 9-10
Instructions are below:
Write a thesis-driven analytical essay that responds directly to your chosen question. Base your discussion directly on at least three of the most relevant readings. Please do not use or cite other materials.Length:4-5pages
This is the question:
As Brian DeLay states, borderlands in early North America were places where people interacted across multiple, independent political and legal systems. They were also places with multiple claims to final authority. How have borderlands historians balanced the idea of borderlands as zones of plural sovereignty with the reality that some individuals and groups nevertheless attempted to claim final authority?