2.4b Search for the Northwest Passage

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Across
  1. 2. Native american tribe that inhabited the area around Roanoke Island.
  2. 5. First English child born in America.
  3. 7. His first journey to North America opened up the area of New York for Dutch settlement.
  4. 9. First permanent French settlement in North America.
  5. 11. Name given to area claimed by the English to honor Queen Elizabeth.
  6. 12. Dutch city that promoted religious tolerance.
  7. 13. Became the center of the fur trade in New France.
  8. 14. Explorer who sailed down the St. Lawrence River to Montreal with two captive Indians.
  9. 18. First Englishman to attempt to create a colony in America.
  10. 19. Leader of the second attempt to colonize Roanoke Island.
  11. 21. Explorer that landed on the coast of Newfoundland and discovered the Grand Banks.
Down
  1. 1. Known as the Lost Colony.
  2. 3. Body of water sought by explorers that connects the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans.
  3. 4. Name given to area claimed by LaSalle to honor the king of France.
  4. 6. The fur of this animal was in the highest demand in Europe and was used for hats.
  5. 8. Name of the Dutch settlement in North America.
  6. 10. European country that tried to conquer everyone they came across in the Americas.
  7. 15. The economy of New France was based on this.
  8. 16. Explorer that landed in present day North Carolina and became the first European to sail into New York Harbor.
  9. 17. French explorers that found the Mississippi River and traveled down it as far as present day Arkansas.
  10. 20. Name of the French empire in North America.