Hernando de Soto’s Expedition
Th e Beginning of European Rivalries
French Exploration
The Significance of the Mississippi River
Natchez/ British Rule
100

Where was de Soto buried?

What is the Mississippi River

100

After de Soto’s failure to fi nd any treasure, the southern woodlands were undisturbed for another ____ years.

130

100

During the early years of the European period, France established settlements in what is now _______.

Canada

100

Iberville’s expedition landed at _________ Island on February 10, 1699, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Ship

100

French for “Black Code”

Code Noir

200

In May 1539, de Soto landed at ________________ with a large expedition that included 620 men and women, 223 horses, a drove of swine, and a pack of dogs.

Tampa Bay, FL

200

Define cartography....

Map or chart maker

200

The French governor of Canada sent Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet to find and explore_________river.

Mississippi

200

Fort Maurepas was built on the east side of ______ Bay.

Biloxi

200

America culminated in the French and Indian War of 1754-1763. France , with their Indian allies, declared war against England, the war was settled by the _____  of 1763.

reaty of Paris

300

Hernando de Soto had served under Francisco Pizarro in_________.

Peru

300

What did Europeans come to realize were the real treas

Trade or Commerce

300

La Salle planted the flag of France in the southern soil and proclaimed in a loud voice that all the lands and tributaries of this mighty river belonged to _______ King of France.

Louis XIV,

300

One of the important sites founded by the French in the New World was ___________- a port they established in 1718.

New Orleans

300

_________________ temporarily prohibited immigration into the territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.

Proclamation of 1763

400

De Soto reached the _____________ River on May 8, 1541.

Mississippi

400

The great powers of Europe, eventually, realized that the real treasures of the New World were not ___ and ____.

Gold and Silver

400

Realizing that La Salle, had sailed too far west, his men began walking through the southern wilderness in search of the Mississippi River. His rebellious crew, which had given him trouble from the very beginning of the voyage, _______ their captain.

Assassinated 

400

Up the river from New Orleans was another French river town—called __________—which had been established in 1716 as the fi rst permanent settlement on the Mississippi River.

Natchez

400

British officials promised Indian leaders not to sell whiskey, which was called __________ to their tribesmen.

Firewater

500

Failing to fi nd any ____________ or other treasure in Arkansas and Texas, de Soto returned to the river, where he died from a long-festering wound suffered in an earlier battle.

Gold

500

What did France, Spain, and England began establishing colonies in the New World?

Colonies

500

Searching for the Mississippi River. La Salle went too far and actually landed on the ______ coast.

Texas

500

When the capital was the Louisiana Province was moved from Fort Maurepas to Mobile Bay, ______ was appointed governor of the Louisiana Province.

Bienville

500

Confluence......

flowing together

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