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LA History Ch 6 Voc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| French-speaking Catholic colonist who came to Louisiana form Acadia | acadian |
| attempt to have a legal decision overturned by a higher court | appeal |
| - neutral party used to settle a dispute between two or more parties | arbitrator |
| to make similar or blend | assimilate |
| old Spanish dialect | brule spanish |
| Spanish city government for New Orleans; also the building that housed this organization | cabildo |
| nickname for an Acadian | cajun |
| condition of being forced to live away from one’s native country | exile |
| large English trading vessel on the Mississippi River | floating warehouse |
| term used to distinguish new French settlers from French Creoles | foreign French |
| Spanish official in charge of the colony’s economic affairs | intendent |
| Spanish settler from the Canary Islands | Isleno |
| Creole term for an American, especially a settler from Kentucky | kaintock |
| deportation of Acadians from their homeland | le grande derangement |
| legal documents to prove a slave was free | manumission |
| person of part Spanish and part Native American descent | mestizo |
| spanish colonial code | o'reilly code |
| geographical division used by Catholics for political and religious purposes; an administrative subdivision in Louisiana that corresponds to a country in other states | parish |
| right for the American people to store their goods tax-free in Spanish warehouses | right of deposit |