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SS Unit 3 Ch 2 Vocab
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| one of the first people to explore the lower part of the Mississippi River, and his crew sailed west and south through Louisiana | Hernando de Soto |
| a Spanish colonial governor who came to Louisiana but had difficulty controlling the colony | Antonio de Ulloa |
| was sent to govern Louisiana, put reforms in place, and enforced Spanish authority | General Alejandro O'Reilly |
| a group of people who share a similar culture that is often handed down from one generation to the next | ethnic |
| to move goods illegally | smuggle |
| to rise up against an authority in an act of rebellion | revolt |
| mild or tolerant | lenient |
| created a higher demand for enslaved workers to tend the crops | thriving cash crops and the growing number of plantations |
| What referred to people of European descent who were born in the Americas. The label distinguished them from colonists who had been born in Europe. People of African descent who were born in the Americas were also called this. | Creoles |
| the agreement that made Louisiana a Spanish colony in 1762 | The Treaty of Fountainebleau |
| A form of government used by the Spanish | cabildo |
| geographic boundaries, which are equivalent to counties in other states | parishes |
| the governing body of Louisiana | Superior Council |
| in 1795, the U.S. was given Spanish territory in present-day Alabama and Mississippi as part of treaty known as Treaty of San Lorenzo, or Pinckney's Treaty | Treaty of San Lorenzo |
| a free man of color from present-day Haiti, produced sugar for the first time in Louisiana | Antoine Morin |
| governor of Louisiana, a nobleman | Bernando de Galvez |
| the new French leader, wanted to establish a new French empire in North America | Napoleon Bonaparte |