Vocabulary
a person who moves from one country to another
what is an immigrant?
founded and developed the New Orleans settlement
Who is Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville?
What is Section 1?
Upper Louisiana
appointed by the French monarch and made lower level decisions
Who is the Commissaire Ordonnateur?
a crop grown for the purpose of selling it rather than consuming it
What is a cash crop?
a formal, written agreement between peoples or nations
what is a treaty?
distributed advertisements to the people in Europe to recruit settlers for the French colony
Who is John Law?
What is Section 2?
What are the Great Lakes?
had to follow the Custom of Paris; managed all judicial matters and was the first court of law in Louisiana
The Superior Council
what is judicial?
exclusive control of a product or service in a particular market
what is a monopoly?
helped develop New Orleans into an economic center
Who is John Law?
What is Section 3?
managed all the military and administrative decisions
Who is the Governor?
a condition in which the price of goods increases as the value of money decreases
what is inflation?
to set free from slavery or from other bondage
what is emancipate?
founded the first capital of Louisiana colony while building beneficial relationships with the Natives
Who is Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville?
What is Section 4?
What are the Rocky Mountains?
appointed by the French monarchy and given complete control of the colony due to experience in the French military
Who is the Governor?
of mixed European and African origin, especially in the Caribbean
What is Creole?
the basic structures that help communities run, such as roads, ports, aqueducts, power plants, cell towers, etc.
what is infrastructure?
created a plan to encourage settlers to move to the new colony, but mismanaged the economy, leading to inflation
Who is John Law?
What is Section 5?
What is Lower Louisiana?
managed all the money of the colony
Who is the Commissaire Ordonnateur?
to integrate or be absorbed into the culture of a population or group
what is assimilate?