French Exploration

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Across
  1. 5. The name of laws that governed the conduct of slaves in the French colony of Louisiana
  2. 10. Samuel de Champlain was the founder of this city
  3. 11. A person who is considered the property of someone and bound to life of service
  4. 12. The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it
  5. 14. A large farm or estate
  6. 15. The state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order
  7. 16. Founded a new French settlement near the Mississippi River
  8. 17. The action or process of investing money for profit or material result
  9. 22. Name given to the water route that early early Europeans believed went through the North American continent to Asia
  10. 24. A way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination
  11. 27. State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof
  12. 28. A thing or things belonging to someone
  13. 29. Also means red stick
  14. 30. A person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth
  15. 32. Named after the name of "land of the Franks"
Down
  1. 1. The action of buying and selling goods and service
  2. 2. Relating to or characteristic of Europe or its inhabitants
  3. 3. Relating to or professing Christianity or its teaching
  4. 4. System under which a colony was operated as a business by an individual or group
  5. 6. A group existing during the French colonial period that was in charge of the judicial matters
  6. 7. A statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
  7. 8. Established Fort Maurepas in near present day Biloxi, Mississippi
  8. 9. Claimed Louisiana for France in the name of King Louis XIV
  9. 13. Was explored by Samuel de Champlain and is a region of the Americas that comprises the Caribbean Sea
  10. 18. An official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict
  11. 19. Name given to the collapse of the French investment company, the Company of the West
  12. 20. A person of mixed European and black descent
  13. 21. A person who belongs or is a member of a Catholic Church
  14. 23. Attracted Europeans, colonization, and competition in the New World
  15. 25. A person who explores unfamiliar area
  16. 26. Any of the world's main continuous expanses of land
  17. 31. An area settled by a group of people from a distant land