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Exploration of Louisiana Settlement of Louisiana New Orleans Louisiana Colonists Vocabulary Colonial Louisiana
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Why did the Spanish lack interest in the lands explored by De Soto?
his men reported there was no gold or silver score board
What was La Salle hoping to find when he first explored Louisiana?
A trade route from Canada to Asia score board
What drove the French to try and settle Louisiana after La Salle’s failed attempt?
fear the Spanish and English would build permanent settlements on the Mississippi score board
What event convinced the French to build a fort on the Mississippi?
an English ship was discovered sailing the Mississippi River scoreboard
What brothers explored Louisiana and the Mississippi?
Iberville and Bienville score board
Name the settlement from the clues given: Temporary, 1699, Biloxi Bay, Iberville
Ship Island score board
Name the settlement from the clues given: 1699, Iberville, Gulf Coast, Secretary of State, 70 soldiers and 12 cannons
Fort Maurepas score board
Name the settlement from the clues given: 1700, Iberville and Bienville, 44 miles inland on the Mississippi
Fort Mississippi score board
Name the settlement from the clues given: 1702, Mobile Bay, Last settlement founded by Iberville, named after a king
Fort Louis score board
Name the settlement from the clues given: 1714, St. Denis, Red River, Natchitoches
Fort St. Jean Baptiste score board
What system made it illegal to trade with the Spanish?
mercantilism score board
What were the two most profitable raw materials shipped back to France from Louisiana?
Timber and animal pelts score board
What two plants did Cadillac encourage colonists to cultivate?
tobacco and indigo score board
What did John Law develop to take control of the cost associated with Louisiana?
joint-stock company score board
Why did King Louis XV appoint Bienville as the Governor of Louisiana?
Because of Bienville’s knowledge of Louisiana and his expertise in dealing with the natives score board
Who founded the city of New Orleans?
Bienville score board
What event was a setback to the development of New Orleans?
a hurricane in 1723 score board
What assumption about the planning of New Orleans can be made based on the diagram above?
It was laid out on a grid system score board
Why is New Orleans nicknamed the Crescent City?
New Orleans was built in a bend, or crescent, of the Mississippi River score board
Why did the king’s engineers have objections to the plans for New Orleans?
It was built in a swamp along a river score board
What factor discouraged early settlers from immigrating to Louisiana?
high mortality rate score board
Children born in the Louisiana colony were considered to be members of which group?
Creoles score board
What change allowed rice to become the most abundant food in Louisiana?
The arrival of Africans score board
What specific group of settlers was sent to help start families in Louisiana?
Casket Girls score board
What was the most controversial group of settlers sent to Louisiana under the direction of John Law?
Forcats score board
Runners of the woods
Coureurs de bois score board
The idea that colonies exist to supply raw materials to the mother country
mercantilism score board
An early form of a corporation where the members bought stock
joint-stock company score board
The King allows an individual to own the colony in hopes it will make a profit
proprietorship score board
What does the Commissary-commissioner control in a colony?
the economic affairs score board
Make your wager on the scoreboard scoreFinal Question
The name that was given to the inflated stock prices of the Company of the Indies
The Mississippi Bubble score board