New Empires in the Americas

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Across
  1. 2. followed the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
  2. 3. were Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas
  3. 6. a document giving someone royal permission to start a colony
  4. 8. Spanish conquistador responsible for conquering the Incas
  5. 9. French name given to their North American territory
Down
  1. 1. region proved valuable to France because of the fur trade
  2. 4. conquistador who was convinced that Florida held a kingdom as rich as the Incas
  3. 5. gave Spanish settlers the right to tax local American Indians or to make them work
  4. 7. Spanish conquistador responsible for conquering the Aztecs
  5. 10. built its first North American settlement in Florida