| A | B |
|---|
| conquistador | Spanish soldiers |
| civil war | a war between people of the same country |
| grants | gifts of money |
| mainland | main part of the continent |
| rumors | stories without proof |
| claimed | declaring ownership |
| desertions | soldiers run away from their duties |
| colony | a settlement ruled by another country |
| colonists | peoplewho live in a colony |
| plantations | huge farms |
| Northwest Passage | a route through North America |
| agents | people who did business for other Indian groups |
| armada | fleet of warships |
| profit | money left over after everything has been paid for |
| pilgrim | a person who makes a journey for a religious reason |
| compact | signed agreement |
| Mayflower Compact | first example of self-rule by the colonists in the Americas |
| interpreter | a person who translates languages |
