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chapter 7 vocab
social studies 8th grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acadians | french people who were expelled from Nova Scotia by the British , many of whom made their way to Louisiana. |
| cabildo | the governing body of Louisiana while it was a Spanish colony; the cabildo made legal decisions, set policies, and advised the governor |
| Camino Real | Spanish for the "kings Highway" |
| Code O' Reilly | name given to the new code of laws for the Spanish colony of Louisiana based on the Spanish Law of the Indies |
| Evangeline | heroine of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; the poem tells the story of the acadian expulsion from Nova Scotia |
| French and Indian War | Also known as the seven years war; a war in which resulted in France losing most of its holding in North America |
| French Revolution | an uprising that took place in France 1789 |
| Islenos | Spanish for "islander"; Spanish people who came to Louisiana from the Canary Islands |
| laissiez-fraire | noninterference by the government in economic affairs |
| militia | a military forced composed of citizen soldiers |
| neutral | not taking sides in a disagreement |
| right of deposit | during the Spanish colonial period the ability to store goods in a warehouse in New Orleans before loading then onto ocean goinig vessels |
| siege | a situation that occurs when armed forces try to capture a fortified fort or town by surrounding it and preventing any supplies from reaching it |
| treason | the crime of trying to overthrow the government of ones state or country |
| treaty of Fountainbleu | a treaty in which France kept Louisiana out of British hands by security transferring it to Spain before space peace negotiations ending the french and Indian war began |
| treaty of paris 1763 | the treaty that formally ended the french and Indian war |
| vaqueros | Spanish cowboys |
| Yo Solo | Spanish for "I Alone' |
| surveyor | one who measures and marks off boundary lines to establish land ownership. |
| GENS DE COULEUR LIBRE | free people of color |
| REFUGE | protection from danger or distress |
| SUBSIDISE | to grant money towards a useful cause |
| MALAGUENOS | people who came to Louisiana from Malaga, Spain |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | the agreement that ended the American Revolution and made the United States an independent country. |
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