U3Ch1 Grade 6

Look at the map on page 5. Who claimed the shaded area on the map for France?

• Jolliet and Marquette

• Crozat

• Bienville

• La Salle

Who is best known for founding settlements such as Mobile and New Orleans?

Spain and France had control of Louisiana at some point during the....

The picture on page 12 illustrates what about New Orleans

• why it implemented a system of civil war

• the effects of the fires in New Orleans

• why it is called the Crescent City

• the effects of the Code Noir

Who granted land in Louisiana to many people from Germany?

According to the map on page 9, New Orleans was to be intentionally built near which geographical feature?

• river

• forest

• plateau

• mountain

Marriage rights and property ownership rights were two rights that les gens de couleur libres have under what?

A Creole person can be best described as which of the following?

• a person born in the Louisiana colony

• a person of Spanish descent

• a person born in Europe but living in Louisiana

• a child born to one enslaved and one free person

Why did leadership of French colonial Louisiana change so many times? Respond using the extended response rubric.