Across
- 2. European country that established New Netherland.
- 4. First major French settlement founded along the St. Lawrence.
- 6. Tribe devastated by smallpox along the New England coast.
- 7. English colonists who founded Plymouth Colony.
- 9. Native groups who traded furs with Dutch settlers.
- 13. First permanent English settlement in North America.
- 14. English monarch who granted a charter for the Jamestown colony.
- 15. Large French-claimed region along the Mississippi River.
- 17. English explorer whose name was given to a river and bay.
- 18. Colony renamed after the English took it from the Dutch.
- 19. Main economic activity of New France.
- 20. Major crop that saved Jamestown economically.
- 23. Company granted permission to colonize Dutch territory.
Down
- 1. France’s North American colonial empire.
- 3. War in which France lost its North American colonies in 1763.
- 5. English religious reformers who founded Massachusetts Bay.
- 8. River Cartier explored to reach Montreal.
- 10. Global conflict that included the French and Indian War.
- 11. Colony near present-day Boston formed by religious dissenters.
- 12. Explorer who sailed for France and reached New York harbor.
- 16. Caribbean product Europeans cultivated with enslaved labor.
- 21. French explorer who founded Quebec.
- 22. Native American leader who fought Puritan settlers.