Across
- 2. The most powerful people in New Spain and held the highest government.
- 4. One way that American Indians were harmed by the Spaniards.
- 6. the oldest European settlement in the United States.
- 8. Rulers who saw an opportunity to gain great wealth and power.
- 10. The native people were supposed to be taught this in exchange for free labor, gold, silver, and other goods.
- 11. people who were of mixed Spanish and American Indian background.
- 12. Who conquered the Aztec people and other American Indians?
Down
- 1. The Spaniards relied on these natives to help provide food and labor.
- 3. An uprising by these Native Americans left 400 Spaniards dead.
- 5. Born in New Spain to Spanish parents.
- 7. Grant from the Spanish government that gave a Spanish settler the right to control local American Indians.
- 9. Villages set up by missionaries to teach natives the Spanish way of life.
