New Empires in the Americas

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Across
  1. 1. French name given to their North American territory
  2. 5. were Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas
  3. 6. religious movement that began as an effort to reform the church
  4. 8. Spanish conquistador responsible for conquering the Aztecs
  5. 10. followed the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
  6. 11. region proved valuable to France because of the fur trade
Down
  1. 2. formed in 1524 to govern the Americas from Spain
  2. 3. built its first North American settlement in Florida
  3. 4. conquistador who was convinced that Florida held a kingdom as rich as the Incas
  4. 6. Spanish conquistador responsible for conquering the Incas
  5. 7. gave Spanish settlers the right to tax local American Indians or to make them work
  6. 9. a document giving someone royal permission to start a colony