Louisiana History Midterm Study Guide

In which conflict did France lose all of  its land holdings in North America?

• 
  French and Indian War
• Revolutionary War
• War of Jenkins’s Ear
• War of the Spanish Succession

What body served as town council and court of law during the Spanish colonial period?

• Balize
• Cabildo
• 
  Depositoire
• Superior Council

During the American Revolution, what did Spanish Governor Gálvez do to prevent supplies from reaching the British fort at Pensacola?

• begin a seige 
• organized a strike
• started a melee
• arranged a diplomatic ploy

What treaty transferred Louisiana from France to Spain?

• 
  Fontainebleau
• 
  Paris of 1763
• Paris of 1783
• 
  Versailles

Who was the first Spanish governor of Louisiana?

• 
  Alejandro O’Reilly
• 
  Antonio de Ulloa
• 
  Francisco Bouligny
• 
  Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga

Which Spanish governor of Louisiana has been described as a reserved scientist, quiet, low-keyed, and noted scholar?

• 
  Alejandro O’Reilly
• 
  Antonio de Ulloa
• 
  Francisco Bouligny
• Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga

Which explains why the Louisiana colonists were angry with Governor Ulloa?

• 
  He passed a law that ended the slave trade.
  He passed a law that ended the slave trade.
• 
  He passed a law that implemented Spanish trade laws.
• 
  He passed a law that restricted travel except for expanding business.
• 
  He passed a law that made the Catholic Church the official church of the colony.

Which explains why the Acadians were evicted from Canada?

• They had entered the country as illegal aliens.
• They sold guns to the Indians to use against the British.
• 
  They openly opposed the British in the French and Indian War.
• 
  They refused to take an oath of Allegiance to the Protestant British king.

Who was the governor of Louisiana during the American Revolution?

• 
  Bernardo de Gálvez
• 
  Esteban Miro
• Luis di Unzaga y Amezaga
• 
  Oliver Pollock

What hindered the military movement of the Spanish in the Gulf of Mexico during the American Revolution?

• 
  hurricanes
• unsafe harbors
• unseaworthy ships
• 
  superior British navy