European Exploration
These were the first people in North America, native to the land.
Who are the Indigenous people?
These are the names of the 3 Colonial regions during early colonization. They had different economies based on their geography.
What are the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?
The main cash crop grown in Colonial Louisiana after the introduction of enslaved labor was this sweet crop, often processed in a nearby mill.
What is sugar cane?
This country won the French and Indian War, but suffered with a massive amount of war debt.
Who is Great Britain?
Britain's attempt to get the colonists to pay a tax on paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
This is another word for farming, which both the Indigenous and Europeans relied on to survive.
What is agriculture?
This Colonial region had the highest population of enslaved people because it had many plantations.
What are the Southern Colonies?
Settlers wanted to create communities in the New Orleans area because it had these, which gave colonists access to trade, travel, and protection.
What are waterways-- rivers, gulfs, oceans.
This country lost the French and Indian War, and ended up losing most of its colonial territory in the process.
Who is France?
This was the rally cry of the colonists who were against Britain trying to tighten control.
What is "No taxation without representation."
This is the name of the Indigenous group that first lived in Mississippi in Louisiana. We explored their website.
Who are the Choctaw?
This colonial region is now made up of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, and is known for its fertile land and a mix of farming and trade.
What are the Middle Colonies?
These three European mother countries all wanted to own land in Louisiana.
This country gained a lot of land during the French and Indian War, including the area of Louisiana.
Who is Spain?
These were the colonists who rebelled against Great Britain and wanted to create their own country.
Who are the Patriots?
This is the name of the homes Indigenous people lived in.
What is a tipi?
This colonial groups is made of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and known for rocky soil, maritime trade, fishing, and shipbuilding.
What are the New England Colonies?
This was the violent and forced migration of African people across the Atlantic to the Americas to provide unpaid labor for sugar, tobacco, and cotton plantations, generating immense wealth for European powers.
What is the TransAtlantic Slave Trade?
This group of people had to choose sides between different colonial groups in the French Indian War. They were hoping for protection and land.
Who are Indigenous people?
There are the colonists who wanted to remain under British rule and stay loyal to the king.
Who are the loyalists?
These two people are given credit for being the first explorers of "The New World." They documented their travels and made maps of the area.
Who are Lewis and Clarke?
These were the 3 major religions among the colonists.
Who are pilgrims, puritans, and quakers?
This was a law code in Colonial Louisiana that separated black and white people, and gave severe punishments for racial mixing.
What is the Code Noir?
This shows how Britain ruled the American colonies before the French and Indian War, where they chose to ignore the rules on purpose.
This is the year the American Revolution began.
What is 1775?