Across
- 4. Decree issued by the French crown granting limited toleration to French Protestants
- 7. The Dutch colony, located along the Hudson River Area, that was established by the Dutch West India Company
- 8. Aztec emperor defeated and killed by the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes
- 9. Spanish soldier in 1540 that led expedition north from Mexico into Arizona
- 11. Last ditch effort by the Indians to dislodge Virginia settlements. The resulting peace treaty formally separated white and Indian areas of settlement\
- 16. English Joint stock company that received a charter from King James I that allowed it to found the Virginia colony
- 18. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
- 20. Short term partnership between multiple investors to fund a commercial enterprise;such arrangements were used to fund England's early colonial ventures
- 23. Sir Walter Raleighs failed colonial settlement off the coast of North Carolina
- 24. King and Queen of Spain that made it into strong Christian nation
- 25. French Protestant dissenters, they were granted limited toleration under the Edict of Nantes.
- 26. Series of clashes between the Powhatan Confederacy and English Settlers in virginia. English colonists torched and pillaged Indian villages, applying tactics used in England's campaigns against the Irish
Down
- 1. Cabot Italian explorer led English expedition that discovered mainland of North Amercia
- 2. Spanish missionary who worked to abolish the encomienda system
- 3. Franciscan priest established chain of missions in California Coast,started in San diego
- 5. Movement to reform the Catholic Church launched in Germany by Martin Luther. Spread to England in the 1530s when Henry VII broke with the Catholic Church
- 6. Legal principle that the oldest son inherits all family property or land.
- 10. Legal document granted by a government to some group or agency to implement a stated purpose, and spelling out the attending rights and obligations
- 12. Indian slave woman who as interpreter for Hernan Cortez
- 13. Confederacy Bound together 5 tribes-the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas,the Cayugas, and the Senecas in the Mohawk Valley of what is now New York state
- 14. Genoese explorer who stumbled upon the West Indies in 1492
- 15. Spanish explorer who conquered Incasand founded city of Lima
- 17. Translated as runners of the woods, they were French fur trappers, also known as voyageurs, who established trading posts throughout North America
- 19. Frenchman followed Mississipi River to Gulf of Mexico,claiming region for France
- 21. Spanish fleet defeated in the English Channel in 1588. The defeat of the Armada marked the beginning of the decline of the Spanish Empire
- 22. First permanent English settlement in North America founded by the Virginia Company