France in the New World Crossword

12345678910111213
Across
  1. 4. Most of the French colonists who were not fur trappers were these
  2. 6. French explorer who founded the colony of Quebec on the St. Lawrence River
  3. 9. Large group of Native Americans in the North; sworn enemies of the French
  4. 10. French Protestants who were forbidden to emigrate to French colonies in North America
  5. 11. Catholic missionaries from France to the North American natives
  6. 12. Present-day country in which Quebec and Montreal are both located; much of it was controlled by the French
  7. 13. Continent the French were more interested in colonizing than North America
Down
  1. 1. What most French settlers became in the colony of Quebec
  2. 2. French explorer who followed the Mississippi River to its mouth and claimed the land drained by the river for France
  3. 3. French explorer who found the St. Lawrence River and explored it as far as present-day Montreal
  4. 5. Christian faith that the French government wanted to spread in the New World
  5. 6. Century in which France gained claims to most of Canada, the Great Lakes region of what is now the U.S., and the interior of North America along the Mississippi
  6. 7. Land in the Mississippi River basin claimed by France
  7. 8. A sea route around the top of North America to the Far East