Colonial Louisiana Quiz

What term describes French colonists who were banished from Canada and settled in Louisiana?

• Islenos

• Acadians

• Creole

• Gens de couleur libre

What is the style in which a building is constructed, especially with regard to a specific period, place, or culture?

• Buffer

• Cabildo

• Architecture

• Coartacion

What term refers to the town council and court of law instituted by O'Reilly to replace the French Superior Council?

• Cabildo

• Code O'Reilly

• Insurrection

• Rebellion

What is the legal framework during Spanish colonial rule in Louisiana that allowed enslaved people to purchase their freedom?

• Manumission

• Coartacion

• Laissez-faire

• Retaliate

What is the name given to the new code of laws for the Spanish colony of Louisiana, based on Spanish Laws of the Indies?

• Code O'Reilly

• Buffer

• Jambalaya

• Subsistence farming

What term describes a person of French or Spanish descent who was born in Colonial Louisiana?

• Islenos

• Creole

• Acadians

• Gens de couleur libre

What is a Cajun dish with rice, shrimp, chicken, and vegetables?

• Jambalaya

• Insurrection

• Buffer

• Rebellion

What is the doctrine of noninterference by a government in economic affairs?

• Laissez-faire

• Coartacion

• Manumission

• Retaliate

What term refers to the release from slavery?

• Manumission

• Insurrection

• Rebellion

• Retaliate

What is the form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer's family?

• Subsistence farming

• Architecture

• Buffer

• Cabildo