Ch 6 Vocab Flashcards
Claimed all land drained by the mississippi for Louie the 14th
Lassalle
first proprietor of louisiana
Antione Crozat
Built fort near present day natchitoches
Louis St. Denis
created company of the west
John Law
Governor during Natchez uprising
Etienne Perier
Where a river meets the sea
Mouth
Letting a business take over a colony
Proprietorship
plant used to make blue dye; Louisiana’s first cash crop
Indigo
collapse of the company of the west
MIssissippi Bubble
Women brought to the colony
Casket Girls
laws that governed the conduct and treatment of slaves
Code Noir
set by Louie the 14th to start a colony near the mouth of the mississippi river
iberville
Father of Louisiana
Bienville
first to map the gulf coast
Alonso De Pineda