Across
- 2. Winthrop A Wealthy English Puritan who was the first and longtime governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 6. de La Salle French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France
- 8. Robert Cavelier French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France
- 10. Bradford United States printer whose press produced the first American prayer book and the first New York City Newspaper
- 11. Francis Drake English Explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
- 14. Bacon A Virginia Colonist who led a rebellion in 1676 against the colony's governer
- 15. George Calvert An English Statesman who planned and sought a royal charter for the Maryland colony
- 16. North American Indian of the Narragansett tribe: interpreter for the pilgrims
- 17. Baltimore The English nobles who founded the colony of Maryland as a safe place for Catholics
- 19. A christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660: commonly called Quackers
Down
- 1. A Powhatan woman who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life
- 3. of Burgesses The lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia
- 4. Oglethorpe British founder of the colony of Georgia
- 5. Joliet French explorer of the upper Mississippi River Valley
- 7. Penn Englishman and Quacker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania
- 9. John Smith English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown
- 12. Williams English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for Puritanism;he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663
- 13. Marquette French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River Valley
- 15. Walter Raleigh English courtier who tried to colonize Virginia
- 18. Of York A title held by James Stuart, the younger brother of England's King Charles II, King Charles II gave the territory to his brother. The English then renamed the area "New York" in Jame's honor