to plan and control the course of a ship or aircraft
expedition
an organized journey with a specific purpose, such as exploration
colony
a territory under the rule of another country, usually a distant one
Northwest Passage
a legendary water route through North America; Europeans in 1500's believed it would lead to China.
contagious disease
an illness that tends to spread from one person to another
mercantilism
British economic policy in which the American colonies provided raw materials to England for manufacture, then bought the manufactured goods back from England
Jamestown
the first permanent English settlement/colony founded in America. It was in what is now Virginia.
