Important People during Colonization of the America's

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Across
  1. 2. founded French colony of Quebec
  2. 4. early explorer of the eastern coast of USA
  3. 5. North and South _____ are named after him
  4. 8. credited with discovering America in 1492
  5. 12. Spanish Catholic priest who colonized California
  6. 15. spoke out to end the encomienda system
  7. 16. claimed the St Lawrence river for France
  8. 17. started the Dutch colony of Manhattan
  9. 20. first explorer to circumnavigate the globe
  10. 21. first white man to see the Pacific Ocean
  11. 22. second person to circumnavigate the globe
  12. 24. started schools to teach navigation skills
  13. 25. explored the Missippi to the Gulf
  14. 27. first to reach Cape of Good Hope
  15. 28. conquered the Aztec people
  16. 29. searched for the Northwest Passage for England
  17. 30. North American bay and river named after him
Down
  1. 1. claimed Brazil for Portugal
  2. 3. last king of the Inca
  3. 6. early viking explorer
  4. 7. first white man to reach the Grand Canyon
  5. 9. founded two colonies El Paso and Santa Fe
  6. 10. last king of the Aztec
  7. 11. searched for the Fountain of Youth
  8. 13. started the Protestant Reformation
  9. 14. traveled on foot to Mexico City from the Gulf
  10. 18. conquered the Inca people
  11. 19. early explorer of the western coast of the USA
  12. 23. first to reach India
  13. 26. first white man to reach the Mississippi