History Chapter 3

The explorers that came to Alabama looking for gold were the

• French

• British

• Polish

• Spanish

The first white man to explore the Mississippi River was

• Hernando de Soto

• de Pinada

• Alexander McGillivray

• Don Tristan de Luna

The colonist signed the ____________ because they wanted to become free from Great Britain.

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

The Spanish brought diseases that killed many Native Americans because they had no __________ to them.

• medicine

• doctors

• immunity

The war for freedom and independence from Great Britain was called ______________.

• Declaration of Independence

• War for Peace

• American Revolution

• The Civil War

The first known explorer to Alabama was_____________.

• Hernando de Soto

• Alexander McGillivray

• Thomas Jefferson

• de Pineda

King Louis XIV sent who to Mobile so that the men would stay to make a permanent colony.

• children

• women

• animals

• money

Who settled in the Mobile area and brought names to Mardi Gras, azaleas, Bienville Square in Mobile and many streets.

• French

• Spanish

• British

• Native Americans

After the Revolutionary War, the land west of the Mississippi was controlled by___________.

• Spain

• French

• Great Britain

• Italy

In 1699 explorers from France and built a fort and settled in the area of Mobile at _________-_________ Mile Bluff.

• Twenty-seven

• Thirty-nine

• Twenty-four

• Forty-six