Spanish Explorers
The first European explorers to visit the land that is now Alabama came from __________________________.
What is Spain.
In 1699, King __________________________ XIV of France sent Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, to explore the Gulf Coast.
Who is King Louis XIV?
In 1763, __________________________ took control of the French lands east of the Mississippi River.
Who were the British?
De Soto's group traveled through Alabama and became the first Europeans to cross the __________________________ River.
What is the Mississippi?
The Spanish explorers were looking for __________________________ (riches) and land to claim for Spain.
What is gold?
The French first built a fort near present-day Biloxi, Mississippi, called Fort __________________________.
What is Ft. Louis?
The British established the Proclamation Line of 1763 to limit new settlements on __________________________ lands.
What were Native American or Indian lands?
De Soto met a powerful Indian chief named Chief ______________________________ in 1540.
Who is Chief Tuskaloosa?
In 1519, ______________________________ mapped the Mobile Bay area. He is the first known European explorer of the land we now call Alabama.
Who is Pinata?
In 1711, the French moved their colony to the present-day __________________________ area.
What is Mobile?
Many American colonists were angry because Great Britain made them pay high __________________________ even though they had no say
What were taxes?
The Spanish explorers brought diseases that were deadly to the Indians because the Indians did not have natural __________________________ to those diseases.
What is immunity?
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda kept a __________________________, or daily record of events and experiences, during his exploration.
What is a journal or diary?
At Fort Toulouse, the French traded goods such as guns, cloth, bullets, knives, and axes for __________________________ from the Indians.
What are furs?
On July 4, 1776, the colonists declared their independence from Great Britain in the ______________________________ of Independence.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
The United States Constitution created three branches of government: the legislative, executive, and __________________________ branches.
What is the judicial branch?
Hernando de Soto was an experienced Spanish __________________________, which means a Spanish conqueror.
What is a conquistador?
The war fought by the American colonists to gain freedom from Great Britain was called the ______________________________ Revolution.
What was the American Revolution?