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