The Creole Culture

Who were referred to as Creole in colonial Louisiana?

• Only free people born in the Americas

• Only enslaved people from Africa

• First generation of both French and Spanish colonial Louisiana

• Only English settlers

What did the term Creole refer to in the context of Louisiana?

• People who spoke English

• People who were born in Europe

• Free or enslaved people born in the Americas

• Only plantation owners

What were some Creole people descendants of?

• Native American tribes

• Plantation owners and enslaved people

• European royalty

• English settlers

When did Creole people begin identifying themselves as having been born in Louisiana?

• 1600s

• 1700s

• 1800s

• 1900s

What was a significant cultural population in the Louisiana colony besides free people of color?

• Native Americans

• Creole

• English settlers

• Spanish explorers