Antigua in the Age of Discovery

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Across
  1. 2. Columbus made ___ voyages
  2. 4. name of Nelson's frigate protecting sugar producing islands
  3. 5. war-like indians who fought off European attempts at settlements
  4. 8. became a British colony in 1667 (after 1632 settlement)
  5. 10. ____West India Company colonized and traded in the Americas
  6. 12. populated Antigua when Columbus discovered it
  7. 16. city in Spain was main embarkment to the New World
  8. 17. major commodity sought after deforestation of Europe
  9. 18. European county that was largest importer of spices
  10. 20. Fort_____, at the entrance to the harbor with ten guns
  11. 21. winds: explorers followed these to and from the Americas
Down
  1. 1. local dish made with cornmeal and water.
  2. 3. dockyard named after him
  3. 4. sister island to Antigua
  4. 6. less_____:long arc of small islands in the Caribbean Sea
  5. 7. religious wars between Christians and Muslims
  6. 9. there are 365 ___ on Antigua
  7. 11. St. John's church opened in 1847
  8. 13. ____act, restriction of trade by British colonists
  9. 14. stronger and larger ____ designed by Portugal & Spain
  10. 15. explorer who discovered Barbados
  11. 19. indians who settled where the dockyard is today