Geographical Features
The area of land located between the Territory of Orleans and New Spain.
What is Neutral Ground?
This person made the final approval of the Louisiana Constitution.
Who is President James Madison?
This was the minimum population number required to apply for statehood?
What is 60,000?
The year the Enabling Act was permitted to New Orleans to apply for statehood.
What is 1811?
What is 1st the population reached more than 60,000 in New Orleans and they were approved to write a constitution and apply for statehood with congresses approval.
The number of original parishes in Louisiana in 1807.
What is 19?
The two events that happened to the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge.
The Louisiana Constitution gave exceptional power to the this person.
Who is the state's governor?
The reason the Louisiana Constitution of 1812 was published in English and French.
What is because of the territory's European heritage?
This is the 3rd step to Louisiana becoming a state.
What is Louisiana's State Constitution is adopted on Jan 22, 1812 before being sent to congress for approval.
The geographical feature that was a boundary between the area known as Neutral Ground and New Spain.
What is the Sabine River?
This person was the first Governor of Louisiana.
Who is W.C.C. Claiborne?
The Louisiana Constitution of 1812 gave voting rights to these people.
who are white, taxpaying, land owning men.
The year the Louisiana state constitution was adopted.
What is 1812?
This is the 4th step in Louisiana becoming a state.
What is Congress has to approve Louisiana's Constitution?
This location was the thriving center of trade in Louisiana.
What is the Port of New Orleans.
This man led Louisiana's first constitutional convention and served as president of the legislative council of Orleans Territory.
(Last name only counts)
Who is Julien de Lallande Poydras?
This happened to African Americans and Native Americans in Louisiana during the territorial period.
What is Free Blacks had their rights disappear,
Enslaved Blacks had more restrictions,
Native Americans were forced off their land?
The month, day and year Louisiana became a state.
What is April 30th, 1812?
This is the 5th step in Louisiana becoming a state.
What is Congress sends the approved Constitution to President James Madison for final approval?
This area was a place for pirates and smugglers to hide and escape the law.
What are bayous?
This person made a proclamation that promised the people of Louisiana protection of their rights in exchange for their allegiance to the United States.
Who is Governor W.C.C. Claiborne?
Louisiana's colonial government influenced its state government by joining these two types of systems.
What is civil law system and common law system?
The year the Neutral Ground was established.
What is 1806?
This is the 6th step in Louisiana becoming a state.
What is Lousisna joins the Union and becomes a state on April 30th, 1812?