Social Studies chp. 6

Question 1

• claimed all land drained by the MS River for Louis the 14th

Answer 1

Robert LASALLE

Question 2

1st proprietor of LA

Answer 2

ANTIONE CROZAT-

Question 3

• built a fort near present day Natchitoches

Answer 3

LOUIS ST. DENIS

Question 4

created company of the west

Answer 4

JOHN LAW

Question 5

governor during the Natchez uprising

Answer 5

ETIENNE PERIER-

Question 6

place where a river enters a large body of water

Answer 6

MOUTH-

Question 7

letting businessmen take over a colony

Answer 7

PROPRIETORSHIP-

Question 8

plant used to make blue dye; LA’s first cash crop

Answer 8

INDIGO-

Question 9

• collapse of the company of the west

Answer 9

MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE

Question 10

women brought to the colony

Answer 10

CASKET GIRLS-

Question 11

laws that governed the conduct and treatment of slaves

Answer 11

CODE NOIR-

Question 12

sent by Louis the 14th to start a colony

Answer 12

IBERVILLE-

Question 13

father of LA

Answer 13

BIENVILLE-

Question 14

mapped the Gulf Coast

Answer 14

ALONSO DE PINEDA -

Question 15

What did the king do when La Salle reported his discovery? -

Answer 15

He sent ships and told him to go build a colony.

Question 16

What are 2 problems the early colony faced? -

Answer 16

Food shortage and Indians

Question 17

Why did a king allow a proprietor to run the colony? -

Answer 17

France needed to find a new way to run the colony because they couldn’t afford LA.

Question 18

Why did the French want a fort at Natchitoches? -

Answer 18

They wanted protection from and trade from the Spanish.

Question 19

How did the Mississippi Bubble collapse? -

Answer 19

Investors wanted their money but it had all been spent.

Question 20

What was the purpose of Code Noir? -

Answer 20

Set of laws to govern the conduct and treatment of slaves.

Question 21

What 3 challenges did Bienville face when he returned to the colony as governor? -

Answer 21

Make peace with the indians, calm the settlers, and lack of funding.

Question 22

Name 3 groups of people who were colonists. -

Answer 22

Germans, African-Americans, French-Canadians, and Acadians.

Question 23

lasalle’s assistant

Answer 23

tonti

Question 24

Lasalle claimed the land at the mouth of the Mississippi for france naming it Louisiana which means?

Answer 24

land of louis

Question 25

why was Lasalle killed by his own men?

Answer 25

he missed the mouth of the MS river and ended up in TX where they had issues with the Atakapa tribe

Question 26

What island did Iberville and Bienville find?

Answer 26

Ship Island

Question 27

How did Iberville+Bienville find the mouth of the MS river?

Answer 27

They were given a letter from the indians that Lasalle’s assistant tonti left behind

Question 28

where was Ft. Maurepas located?

Answer 28

present day Biloxi

Question 29

where was Ft. Louis located?

Answer 29

present day Mobile

Question 30

How did Iberville die?

Answer 30

on a trip back to LA colony he got yellow fever

Question 31

who took over the colony after Iberville died?

Answer 31

Bienville

Question 32

Who’s proprietorship was LA given to in 1712?

Answer 32

Crozat

Question 33

1st governor of LA

Answer 33

Cadillac

Question 34

present day Natchitoches was which french fort?

Answer 34

Ft. St. Jean Baptiste

Question 35

oldest permanent settlement in LA?

Answer 35

Natchitoches

Question 36

who mapped out NOLA?

Answer 36

Bienville

Question 37

where is Ft. Rosalie located?

Answer 37

Natchez, MS

Question 38

why did the french give spain LA?

Answer 38

so they wouldn’t lose it to the British

Question 39

How was LA a success and a failure?

Answer 39

Success - Created a diverse culture or Port of New Orleans; Failure - never made a profit

Question 40

Why did the king hand over LA to a proprietorship?

Answer 40

france couldn’t afford LA anymore