People Puzzle

7. Portuguese Explorer who led the first European voyage of discovery to circumnavigate the globe with the goal of finding a western route to the Spice Islands
8. Defeated the Aztec Empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain
10. Likes to chase mice
12. French general who played a major part in both the American and French revolution
15. Man's best friend
16. Alerted the colonists in Lexington and Concord that the British were coming
17. Led the Continental Army to victory over the British Empire to liberate the American colonies

1. The main writer of the American Declaration of Independence
2. English Admiral who explored the South American coast and successfully circumnavigated the globe
3. Martin Argentine soldier who helped lead revolutions against Spanish rule in South America
4. One of the initial leaders of the American Revolution who protested British taxation without representation
5. Overthrew the Inca Empire and conquered Peru, establishing a Spanish province
6. Italian explorer whose expeditions opened the Americas to European colonization
9. Large marsupial
11. Flying mammal
13. Discovered much of South America, significantly regions in present-day Brazil as well as the Amazon River; America is named after him
14. Has a trunk