Unit 3 Test-6th Grade

Who claimed Louisiana for France?

• La Salle

• Iberville

• Crozat

• Bienville

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

• Iberville

• Bienville

• Chepart

• LaSalle

Who established the first French colony in Louisiana?

• LaSalle

• Iberville

• King Louis VX

• Phillip II, duc d'Orleans

What accomplishment is Bienville best known for?

• writing the Code Noir

• signing the Treaty of Fontainebleau

• instituting Louisiana's civil law system

• founding settlements such as Mobile and New Orleans

Under the Code Noir, what rights did les gens de couleur libres have?

• voting rights and marriage rights

• property right and educational opportunities

• the right to hold political office and voting rights

• marriage rights and equal education opportunities

Which phrase best describes a Creole person?

• a person of Spanish descent

• a person born in the Louisiana colony

• a person born in Europe but living in Louisiana

• a child born to one enslaved person and one free person

John Law granted land in Louisiana to many people from which country?

• France

• America

• Germany

• Spain

Which two countries had control of Louisiana at some point during the Seven Years’ War?

• Spain and France

• Germany and Great Britain

• The United States and Spain

• France and Germany

Based on the Code Noir, what could a child born to a free Black woman married to an enslaved man do? 

• pass property to their father 

• inherit their father's property

• own property

• vote in the colony

What does the French term "Gens de couleur libres" mean?

• Free people of Color

• generation of laborers

• colors of people

• slaves in lines