French Colonial Louisiana

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Who claimed Louisiana for France?

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La Salle

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The Governor of Louisiana that moved the capital to New Orleans was?

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Bienville

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Who established the first French colony of Biloxi in Louisiana?

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Iberville

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What accomplishment is Bienville best known for? Options: writing the Code Noir, signing the Treaty of Fontainebleau, instituting Louisiana's civil law system, founding settlements such as Mobile and New Orleans

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founding settlements such as Mobile and New Orleans

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Oldest permanent settlement in LA on the Red river that started as a trading post

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Natchitoches

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Colony was moved here after Biloxi because of sandy soil

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Mobile

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Eventually became a center for trade and manufacturing

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New Olreans

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What areas was claimed by France and called LA? Options: Area around the Mississippi River, Area around Mississippi River and it tributaries (or basin), Area along the Gulf of Mexico, Area on the Northeast Atlantic Coast

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Area around Mississippi River and it tributaries (or basin)

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Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved people and people of African descent

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Code Noir

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A Creole person is

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a 1st or 2nd generation person born in LA