New Empires in the Americas

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