French Colonial Louisiana Quiz

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

Use the image to answer the following question. According to this plan, New Orleans was to be intentionally built near which geographic feature?

• a river

• a forest

• a plateau

• a mountain

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

• voting rights

• marriage rights

• property ownership rights

• equal education opportunities

• the right to hold political office

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

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.

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

• own property

• vote in the colony

• pass property to their father

• 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?

• furs

• gold

• the Northwest Passage

• a place to move Spanish colonists out of Florida

Which words or phrases best describe the Louisiana colony when Spain first acquired it under the Treaty of Fontainebleau? Select the two correct answers.

• remote

• rich in gold

• French-speaking

• a busy port colony

• densely populated

How did Ulloa make himself very unpopular with the people of the Louisiana colony?

• He restricted trade.

• He abolished slavery.

• He implemented martial law.

• He outlawed speaking French.

Why was Alejandro O’Reilly sent to the Louisiana colony? Select the two correct answers.

• to study local plants and wildlife

• to explore the upper Mississippi River

• to enforce Spanish rule as governor

• to put down the rebellion against the king

• to negotiate a peace treaty with the French