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Chapter 6French Louisiana
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Explorationof
Louisiana
Settlementof
Louisiana
NewOrleans
LouisianaColonists
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Why did the Spanish lack interest in the
lands explored by De Soto?
his men reported there was no gold or silver
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What was La Salle hoping to find when he
first explored Louisiana?
A trade route from Canada to Asia
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What drove the French to try and settle Louisiana after La
Salle’s failed attempt?
fear the Spanish and English would build
permanent settlements on the Mississippi
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What event convinced the French to build a
fort on the Mississippi?
an English ship was discovered sailing the
Mississippi River
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What brothers explored Louisiana and the
Mississippi?
Iberville and Bienville
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Name the settlement from the clues given:
Temporary, 1699, Biloxi Bay, Iberville
Ship Island
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Name the settlement from the clues given:
1699, Iberville, Gulf Coast, Secretary of State, 70 soldiers
and 12 cannons
Fort Maurepas
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Name the settlement from the clues given:
1700, Iberville and Bienville, 44 miles inland on the
Mississippi
Fort Mississippi
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Name the settlement from the clues given:
1702, Mobile Bay, Last settlement founded by
Iberville, named after a king
Fort Louis
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Name the settlement from the clues given:
1714, St. Denis, Red River, Natchitoches
Fort St. Jean Baptiste
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What system made it illegal to trade with the
Spanish?
mercantilism
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What were the two most profitable raw materials shipped back to France
from Louisiana?
Timber and animal pelts
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What two plants did Cadillac encourage
colonists to cultivate?
tobacco and indigo
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What did John Law develop to take control of the cost associated
with Louisiana?
joint-stock company
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Why did King Louis XV appoint Bienville as
the Governor of Louisiana?
Because of Bienville’s knowledge of Louisiana
and his expertise in dealing with the natives
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Who founded the city of New Orleans?
Bienville
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What event was a setback to the
development of New Orleans?
a hurricane in 1723
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What assumption about the planning of New Orleans can
be made based on the diagram above?
It was laid out on a grid system
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Why is New Orleans nicknamed the Crescent
City?
New Orleans was built in a bend, or crescent, of
the Mississippi River
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Why did the king’s engineers have
objections to the plans for New Orleans?
It was built in a swamp along a river
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What factor discouraged early
settlers from immigrating to
Louisiana?
high mortality rate
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Children born in the Louisiana colony were
considered to be members of which group?
Creoles
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What change allowed rice to become the most
abundant food in Louisiana?
The arrival of Africans
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What specific group of settlers was sent to help
start families in Louisiana?
Casket Girls
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What was the most controversial group of
settlers sent to Louisiana under the
direction of John Law?
Forcats
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Runners of the woods
Coureurs de bois
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The idea that colonies exist to supply raw
materials to the mother country
mercantilism
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An early form of a corporation where the members bought stock
joint-stock company
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The King allows an individual to own the colony in hopes it will
make a profit
proprietorship
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What does the Commissary-
commissioner control in a colony?
the economic affairs
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Final Question
The name that was given to the inflated stock
prices of the Company of the Indies
The Mississippi Bubble
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