Chapter 6French Louisiana

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Settlementof

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NewOrleans

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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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