What accomplishment is Bienville best known for?

founding settlements such as Mobile and New Orleans

signing the Treaty of Fontainebleau

instituting Louisiana’s civil law system

Under the Code Noir, what rights did les gens de couleur libres have? Select the two correct answers.

the right to hold political office

Which phrase best describes a Creole person?

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

Use the image to answer the following question. What does this image show about New Orleans?

why it is called the Crescent City

the effects of the fires in New Orleans

why it implemented a system of civil law

Use the timeline to answer the following question. What event belongs at point C on the timeline?

The new Code Noir articles are written.

Antoine Crozat brings new settlers to colonial Louisiana.

Spain enters the Revolutionary War on the American side.

De Soto and his fellow explorers reach the Mississippi River.

Use the excerpt from the Code Noir to answer the following question. Based on the Code Noir, what could a child born to a free Black woman married to an enslaved man do?

inherit their father’s property

What was Hernando de Soto’s expedition looking for when it first reached what would later become the Louisiana colony? (6.10.b, 6.10.c)

a place to move Spanish colonists out of Florida

Why was Alejandro O’Reilly sent to the Louisiana colony? Select the two correct answers. (6.9.h, 6.10.c, 6.10.d)

to enforce Spanish rule as governor

to put down the rebellion against the king

to study local plants and wildlife

to explore the upper Mississippi River

to negotiate a peace treaty with the French

How did the slave trade change under Spanish rule?

It increased because of cash crops.

It decreased because of more lenient laws.

It increased because of fewer trade restrictions.

It decreased because of a revolt by enslaved persons.

Use the image to answer the following question. The architectural style of this building is common evidence of Spanish rule in New Orleans today. What led to this style being common?

lots of construction following fires that ravaged the city

money provided as construction grants from the Spanish king

Spanish encouragement of builders’ apprentices immigrating there

the development of new construction techniques by free people of color

Use the map to answer: Why did these people settle in Louisiana in such large numbers?

They were forced out of Canada during the French and Indian War.

They were forcibly brought from Africa as enslaved laborers.

They were imported to protect the colony against British invasion.

They were recruited by the Mississippi Company to help populate the colony.

Why did smuggling in colonial Louisiana decrease in the late 1700s?

Pinckney’s Treaty opened trade with the new United States.

O’Reilly implemented harsh punishments for smugglers.

The Spanish king began sending regular shipments of supplies to New Orleans.

Fires burned many warehouses used to store smuggled goods.

Why did Spain help the American colonies fight the British in the American Revolution?

to take Florida back from Britain if the Americans won

to improve trade relations with the American colonies

to expand the Spanish colony north of the Mississippi basin

to protect Spanish gold mines along the Mississippi River

Use the excerpt from Alejandro O’Reilly’s proclamation in 1769 to answer the following question. What does this proclamation make clear will happen to the general public as a result of the rebellion?

They will be expelled from the colony.

They will have to move to Spain or be punished.

According to John Law, what are the French colonists’ relationships with Indigenous groups like?

Relationships with Indigenous groups are peaceful.

The Indigenous peoples have embraced the Christian religion

French colonists have settled among the groups.

Indigenous people are hostile and territorial.

indigenous people refused to embrace the Christian religion.

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