This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US History (General) has 26 clues. Answers range from 6 to 23 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country
Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire
a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire.
last Inca Emperor
a man of mixed race
a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area.
area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
home to the ruins of the first permanent English settlement in North America.
first English settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
first English settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Dutch colony in North America
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France
Wampanoag leader who waged King Philip's War with New England colonists who had encroached on Native American territory.
a person who attacks and robs ships at sea.
the selling of African slaves by Europeans that happened in and around the Atlantic Ocean.
a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.
the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders
a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders
The value of a nation's exports in excess of the value of its imports.
An import is a good brought into a jurisdiction, especially across a national border, from an external source.
An import in the receiving country is an export from the sending country