Vocabulary
People
Native Americans
Places
Slavery
100
A system in which people are forced to work for other people.
What is slavery?
100
Led a group to what is now Louisiana and was looking for gold.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
100
How did the early native americans live in Louisiana?
They moved from place to place.
100
What city made a good port for ships?
New Orleans
100
What does it mean to be enslaved?
to be forced to work
200
a large farm where crops such as sugarcane or cotton are grown
What is a plantation?
200
Came 141 years later after De Soto.
Who is Robert La Salle?
200
How did the Caddo tribe make use of grass and wood?
They built home that look like beehives
200
Two sentences about life in Louisiana after 17oos.
1. Many European settles lived in forts to protect themselves from attacks. 2. They traded goods with Native Americans and other colonists.
200
Enslaved Africans were forced to work on______
plantations
300
a place that is ruled by another country
What is a colony?
300
Henry Longfellow compared to Louisiana to what biblical place?
What is the garden of Eden?
300
What happened after the Europeans began to arrive? (good)
Traded goods and shared ideas.
300
Name a event after 1763.
1779 Bernardo de Galvez helped the American colonists win their freedom.
300
How many years is a decade? How many is a century?
10 years, 100 years
400
a place where people live
What is a settlement?
400
Won the Louisiana territory for Spain in 1762.
Who is Bernardo de Galvez?
400
What happened when the Europeans arrived in Louisiana? (bad)
The Native Americans and Europeans began to fight.
400
Why is Natchitoches important to Louisiana history?
Natchitoches is the oldest permanent settlement in Louisiana.
400
They were first brought to Louisiana in what year?
1716
500
the order in which events take place.
What is sequencing?
500
Why is Robert La Salle important to Louisiana history?
He claimed Louisiana for France.
500
Give 3 examples of how Native Americans in Louisiana used the environment to meet their needs.
1. They used grass and wood to build homes. 2. They hunted, fished and gathered plants for food. 3.They grew squash, corn and beans.
500
The French wanted a port on the Mississippi River. What effect did this have on Louisiana?
Colonists founded the city of New Orleans.
500
How did enslaved African Americans help the colony of Louisiana to grow?
Many Africans had skills such as shipbuilding and rice growing. They were forced to work on plantations and owners became rich.
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