People Puzzle

3. Overthrew the Inca Empire and conquered Peru, establishing a Spanish province
6. Defeated the Aztec Empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain
7. Italian explorer whose expeditions opened the Americas to European colonization
8. One of the initial leaders of the American Revolution who protested British taxation without representation
9. The main writer of the American Declaration of Independence
11. Argentine soldier who helped lead revolutions against Spanish rule in South America
12. Led the Continental Army to victory over the British Empire to liberate the American colonies

1. Portuguese Explorer who led the first European voyage of discovery to circumnavigate the globe with the goal of finding a western route to the Spice Islands
2. Alerted the colonists in Lexington and Concord that the British were coming
4. French general who played a major part in both the American and French revolution
5. English Admiral who explored the South American coast and successfully circumnavigated the globe
10. Discovered much of South America, significantly regions in present-day Brazil as well as the Amazon River; America is named after him