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Ch. 6 LA History
Ch. 6 Louisiana History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a grant of land given by the French proprietary government to someone who agrees to clear the land for the cultivation of food and cash crops? | Concession |
| What do you call the officer in command of the French Louisiana colony? | Commandant |
| What is the place where a stream, like the Mississippi River, enters a larger body of water, like the Gulf of Mexico, called? | Mouth |
| Who was the French businessman that became the first proprietor of the Louisiana colony? | Crozat |
| What was the set of laws established in 1724 by Bienville to regulate the behavior of slaves and lay out rules for their masters known as? | Code Noir |
| What is the plant used to make a dark blue dye called? | Indigo |
| Who was the French explorer that hoped to find a water route to China, but ended up claiming the Mississippi River Valley for France? | La Salle |
| What is the ceremonial pipe used by Native Americans called? | Calumet |
| What is a system of letting an individual businessman take control of a colony in hopes that he could make it profitable called? | Proprietorship |
| What is an early form of the modern corporation in which many people invested by buying stock known as? | Joint-Stock Company |
| Who was Iberville's younger brother that became leader of the Louisiana colony after his death? | Bienville |
| Who were the young, marriageable girls sent from France to Louisiana in 1728 with a small trunk filled with clothing and goods needed to establish a household? | Casket Girls |
| What was the collapse of the French investment company, the Company of the West, known as? | The Mississippi Bubble |
| What did the call the business manager of the French Louisiana colony? | Commissary-Commissioner |
| Who is responsible for founding the first French colony near the mouth of the Mississippi River, but died of yellow fever while defending French colonies in the Caribbean? | Iberville |
| Who headed the development of the Company of the West in Louisiana? | John Law |
| Which group of colonists were brought to Louisiana by John Law because it promised them a haven from war in their own country? | Germans |
| What caused the collapse of the Mississippi Bubble? | The Company of the West could not repay their investors. |
| What was the letter written by Tonti to La Salle and left with the local Indians known as? | "Speaking Bark" |
| Which happened first, the founding of New Orleans or Natchitoches? | Founding of Natchitoches |
| Why did Cadillac have trouble with the Indians living around the Louisiana colony? | *He was rude *He treated them as inferiors *He refused to smoke the calumet |
| Which happened first, Louisiana became a proprietary colony or Iberville had Fort Maurepas built? | Iberville had Fort Maurepas built. |
| What were early European explorers hoping to find in North America? | Northwest Passage (a water route to Asia) |
| Which tribe settled among the Chickasaw and were demanded to be turned over to Bienville because it posed a possible threat to the French? | Natchez |
| Which of the following French explorers was murdered after he passed up the mouth of the Mississippi River and landed in Texas? | La Salle |
| Who controlled most of Canada during this time? | English |
| Who controlled most of Central America during this time? | Spanish |
| Who controlled most of the United States during this time? | French |
| Who risked his life by bluffing the British navy and causing them to abandon their efforts to establish a fort at the mouth of the Mississippi River? | Bienville |
| Which French governor of Louisiana is credited with hosting the first Mardi Gras Ball? | Marquis de Vaudreuil |
| Which French governor of Louisiana first suggested growing indigo and tobacco as cash crops? | Sieur de Cadillac |
| Why was life so difficult for colonists after Iberville left for France? | France did not send much needed supplies to Louisiana. |
| What caused the Natchez Uprising? | The French demanded the Natchez give up their land. |
| Which Indian tribe allied themselves with the British? | The Chickasaw |
| What is the meaning of Louisiana? | "Land of Louis", after King Louis XIV of France |
| Where did the French threaten to send their unruly sons? | New Orleans |
| What was the first French fort built in Louisiana called? | Fort Maurepas |
| Who founded Natchitoches and became extremely wealthy through illegal trade with Spain? | St. Denis |
| What faith was to be taught to all slaves under the Code Noir? | Catholicism |
| Who is credited with being the "Father of Louisiana"? | Bienville |
| Why was the original colonial settlement at Fort Maurepas moved to a new location near Mobile Bay? | Flooding and poor soil |
| Why was sending forcats to Louisiana so controversial? | People took advantage of it by sending troublesome relatives as well. |
| What group were children born in the Louisiana colony considered to be members of? | Creoles |
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Esther Landry
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