Spanish Colonization

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Across
  1. 1. A settlement founded to spread Christianity
  2. 4. The geographic feature next to which most missions were built
  3. 6. Name of the Fort built by LaSalle
  4. 9. A major reasons for Spain exploring the New World
  5. 11. Spanish explorer who became shipwrecked in Galveston and spent 7 years living with natives
  6. 12. French explorer landed on Matagorda Bay and built a fort
Down
  1. 2. European country who used a mission system to claim land in the New World
  2. 3. A military base used to protect the missions
  3. 5. In the year 1519, he mapped the Texas coast
  4. 7. A mythical city of gold that was never found
  5. 8. Friars used the missions to _______ the natives to Christianity.
  6. 10. The European power responsible for claiming the Mississippi River