French Colonial Louisiana

Iberville called the new colony in Mobile, Alabama__________

• Fort Louis

• Fort Denis

• Fort Jacques

• Fort Martin

Iberville and Bienville built this fort near Biloxi Bay

• Fort Biloxi

• Fort Toulouse

• Fort Maurepas

• Fort Orleans

Who was Louis Jolliet's partner during his exploration journey?

• Jacques Marquette

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

Though not in Louisiana, what place was once the capital of French Louisiana?

• New Orleans, Louisiana

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Savannah, Georgia

• Mobile, Alabama

Who was the French explorer credited with claiming the Louisiana territory for France in 1682?

• A) Jacques Cartier

• B) Samuel de Champlain

• C) René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

• D) Louis Jolliet

What was the primary economic activity in French Colonial Louisiana?

• A) Fur trading

• B) Gold mining

• C) Cotton farming

• D) Shipbuilding

Which Native American cultures were present in Louisiana before European explorers arrived?

• Caddo, Plaquemine, and Mississippian

• Iroquois, Apache, and Sioux

• Cherokee, Navajo, and Hopi

• Inuit, Aleut, and Tlingit

He was credited as being the founder of the first permanent French settlement in Louisiana

• Bienville

• La Salle

• Iberville

• de Soto

Who was appointed the new governor of Louisiana by King Louis XIV in 1710?

• Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac

• Louis Joliet

• Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

• Jacques Cartier

Which treaty resulted in France ceding control of Louisiana to Spain in 1762?

• A) Treaty of Paris

• B) Treaty of Fontainebleau

• C) Treaty of Versailles

• D) Treaty of Utrecht