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8th SS Chp 6
8th SS Chapter 6 EXPLORATION AND EARLY SETTLERS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| EUROPEANS | The first _____________________ in Louisiana were Spanish explorers: Alonso Alvarez de Pineda and Hernando de Soto. |
| SPANISH | The ___________ lost interest in the area when no gold or silver could be found. |
| LASALLE | The French, led by Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de __ _____, wanted to find trade routes to Asia but discovered Louisiana instead. |
| MOUTH | La Salle found the _____ (where a stream enters a large body of water) of the Mississippi river. |
| FRANCE | April 9, 1682-La Salle claimed Louisiana for ______ and named it after King Louis XIV. |
| KILLED | La Salle efforts to try and return to Louisiana to settle it ended when La Salles own men ambushed and ______ him on March 19, 1687. |
| FRENCH | Twelve years after La Salle's death , the ______ were forced to act on their claim when the Spanish built a fort and settlement at Pensacola Bay near the Mississippi River. |
| d'IBERVILLE | 1698- The king sponsored Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur __________ to settle Louisiana. |
| JEAN BAPTISTE | In October 1698, Iberville, along with his brother ____ ________ left France with four ships. |
| SHIP | Iberville and his men arrived on the Gulf Cost in January 1699 and established a settlement on ____ island. |
| MISSISSIPPI | Iberville and his men reached the mouth of the ___________ River on March 2, 1699 and established Point Mardi Gras. |
| MAUREPAS | The founding of Fort _________. |
| GULF COST | Iberville decided the ____ ____ was a more promising location for a settlement than the mouth of the Mississippi. |
| OCEAN | Their fort Maurepas and was built near present-day _____ Springs, Mississippi. |
| MISSISSIPPI | Bienville continued to explore the ___________ River and learned the languages of Native American tribes. |
| ENGLISH | When Bienville encountered an _______ ship, he them the French had claimed the entire river and surrounding regions and ordered them to leave. As a result of Bienville's successful bluff, the spot on the river where this took place is called English Turn. |
| 54 | When Iberville returned in January of 1700 he and Bienville established Fort Mississippi __ miles above the mouth of the river. |
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