History crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Who got the right to tax local Native Americans or to make them work?
  2. 6. Mexico and __ grew food to help support Spain’s growing empire.
  3. 8. The viceroy assigned Estevanico’s to serve as a guide for a new ___.
  4. 9. The Spanish king ____ priests to convert the local people to the Christian faith.
  5. 11. Which priest said that the Spanish should try to convert Native Americans to Christianity by showing them love, gentleness, and kindness?
Down
  1. 1. The Spanish operated many _____, large farms that grew just one kind of crop.
  2. 2. Some ____ settlers in the Americas protested the terrible treatment of Native Americans.
  3. 3. This man discovered the coast of present-day Florida.
  4. 5. Who inspired other explorers to travel to North America?
  5. 7. The ___ explored the southwestern United States.
  6. 8. Moroccan-born slave, who led the expedition of exploring the southwest.
  7. 10. What people suffered at the hands of the Spanish?