Giant History Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The very first Coureur de Bois sent out by Champlain
  2. 3. Name of the "Sun King"
  3. 8. Motivated explorers to explore so they could spread their religion
  4. 9. Person who wants to be free of British rule and gain American independence
  5. 10. Disease that spread across Europe and killed millions
  6. 11. Economic system of trade where the Mother Country profits by selling more than it buys
  7. 13. First Europeans to arrive in Canada
  8. 14. Motivated explorers to explore so they could become more famous
  9. 15. Fool's gold
  10. 18. New technology that helped many explorers determine latitude
  11. 19. This animal was vital to the success of the fur trade
  12. 22. Someone granted land to rent out in New France
  13. 23. Founded Quebec City in Canada
  14. 26. Most Acadians were expelled here in 1755
  15. 27. Land acquired by Britain with the help of Radisson & Des Grosseilliers
  16. 29. General that led the first attacks on the French to start the Seven Years' War
  17. 30. Sailed the ocean blue in 1492
  18. 31. Motivated explorers to explore because they could be wealthy
  19. 32. Disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and nutrients
  20. 33. Champlain made this a big business in Canada
  21. 36. Second attempt at settlement by Champlain in New France
  22. 38. Chief of the Haudenosaunee people at Stadacona
  23. 40. Name of the Bishop in New France, part of the King's Sovereign Council
  24. 41. Found New Found Land and cod fish in Canada
  25. 42. Leader of the French forces during most of the Seven Years' War
Down
  1. 1. Present day Quebec City
  2. 4. Name of the Treaty that handed Acadia over to the British in 1713
  3. 5. New technology that helped explorers with direction
  4. 6. Person who is loyal to Britain and wants to keep ties to it
  5. 7. New France's "great intendent"
  6. 12. Leader of the British on the Plains of Abraham
  7. 15. First attempt at settlement by Champlain in New France
  8. 16. Name of the Treaty that ended the Seven Years' War
  9. 17. First French explorer to arrive in Canada
  10. 20. Name of the Governor in New France, part of the King's Sovereign Council
  11. 21. How many years the Seven Years' War lasted
  12. 23. French fur trader who lived with First Nations people
  13. 24. Name of Champlain's musket
  14. 25. French fort near the St. Lawrence captured by the British during the Seven Years' War
  15. 28. Present day Montreal
  16. 32. Disease that spread quickly amongst First Nations
  17. 34. Settler farming small plots of land in New France
  18. 35. Chief of the Odawa tribe who resisted British expansion
  19. 37. French settlers who lived on the East coast of Canada
  20. 39. Cartier thought this was diamonds