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Chapter 6 Spanish LA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Britain get out of the French and Indian War? | Most of Canada, Everything EAST of the MS River, and Florida |
| What did Spain get out of the French and Indian War? | New Orleans and Everything WEST of the MS River |
| What geographic feature were the French and British fighting over in the French and Indian War? | Ohio River Valley |
| Which ethnic group settled in Southwest LA? | Acadians |
| What two countries were fighting in the Seven Years War? | Britain and France |
| Why were the colonists not happy when Ulloa arrived in New Orleans? | The French colonists had no desire to change their lifestyle, economy, and traditions for a Spanish leader |
| Who was sent to Louisiana after the colonists sent Ulloa away? | O'Reilly |
| How did O'Reilly's arrival in Louisiana differ from Ulloa's? | Spain provided a great show of military support |
| What is the difference bewtween how Unzaga handled illegal trade vs. how Galvez handled it? | Unzaga was hands-off while Galvez actively worked to stop illegal trading |
| Ulloa | 1st Spanish Governor in the LA colony who was kicked out by the Creoles and wrote a letter to the king about how the colonists treated him |
| O'Reilly | Spanish military leader sent to the LA colony to restore order and enforce Spanish laws. He replaced the French Superior Council with the Cabildo |
| Unzaga | 2nd Spanish Governor in the LA colony who had a "hands-off" approach to economics and assimilated by marrying a French Creole woman |
| Galvez | 3rd Spanish Governor in the LA colony who was an experienced military leader who captured British forts in Florida during the American Revolution |
| Miro | 4th Spanish Governor in the LA colony who helped turn New Orleans from an "unruly city" to an established settlement; he gained popularity after a great fire took place in the streets of New Orleans |
| Carondelet | 5th and final Spanish Governor in the LA colony who would establish a police force and install oil lit lamps |
| Anglos/Americans | English colonists who were seeking land and helped grow the population of New Orleans, bringing their culture with them |
| Islenos | immigrants that Spain brought from the Canary Islands to train as militia in the American Revolution and settled near New Orleans |
| Acadians | French migrants that lost their homes in Canada and settled in the Southwest region of LA |
| What did Unzaga and Galvez do when the American Revolution began? | secretly sent gunpowder and other supplies to help the colonists |
| After the Spanish became involved in the American Revolution, what was Gálvez's major contribution? | he captured the British fort at Pensacola |
| How did Spanish law differ from the French Code Noir (Black Code)? | The Spanish law allowed enslaved people to save money to buy their freedom |
| Cabildo | colonial government made by O'Reilly to replace the Superior Council; the building where the government met |
| Gens de Couleur Libres | free people of color |
| militia | group of citizen soldiers |
| Treaty of Fountainebleau | secret treaty that allowed the French to trade the colony of LA to the Spanish |
| Treaty of Paris 1763 | treaty that officially ended the French and Indian War |