New Empires in the Americas

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