People
Culture
Politics
Geography
Lagniappe
100
The very first INHABITANTS of Louisiana
Who are the Native Americans?
100
When cultures mix and trade ideas, often creating something new
What is Cultural Diffusion?
100
A set of laws created by the French to control and oppress enslaved people
What is the Code Noir?
100
The most important feature of Louisiana's geography (landscape), which was valued for trade
What is the Mississippi River
100
Mixed race social group which existed in French and Spanish Colonial Louisiana but disappeared under American rule; were NOT enslaved and had many of the same rights as White settlers
Who are the Free People of Color?
200
The French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France and named it after his King (Louis)
Who is Robert LaSalle?
200
Native American group who built large hills for religious purposes and had complex societies and cultures
Who are the Mound Builders?
200
The war which resulted in Louisiana being traded from France to Spain; France lost
What is the French and Indian War?
200
Colonial Capital city founded by Bienville
What is New Orleans?
200
Immigrants from the Canary Islands who were forced to migrate to Louisiana by Spain to increase the colony's Spanish-speaking population and build loyalty
Who are the Isleños?
300
Spanish explorer who "discovered" the Mississippi River, but did not claim the land
Who is Hernando de Soto?
300
Cultural Group created as a fusion of French, Spanish, and African Origins
Who are the Creoles?
300
Treaty in which France agreed to sell Louisiana to the United States; doubled the size of the United States and put the Port of New Orleans under US control
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
300
Region in Louisiana where the ancestors of modern Cajuns settled; the _________________ Triangle.
What is the Acadian Triangle?
300
The three major impacts Europeans had on Native Americans
What are GUNS (aka loss of Culture), GERMS (aka spread of Disease), and STEAL/STEEL (aka violent conquest and theft of native lands)?
400
American governor of Louisiana during its Territorial and Statehood periods
Who is William CC Claiborne?
400
Religion practiced by the French and Spanish and which was forced onto enslaved people; still common in Louisiana today
What is Catholicism?
400
The belief that the mother country controlling trade in and from its colonies will result in it becoming rich; caused the Spanish to try to limit international trade in New Orleans, angering residents
What is Mercantilism?
400
Region in Louisiana which gets its name from the Central Europeans who settled there fleeing religious wars in Europe; served as the location of the largest slave revolt in US history (which was unsuccessful)
What is the German Coast?
400
The successful revolt of enslaved people which to their island's independence from France; also caused France to give up Colonial dreams and sell Louisiana to the US
What is the Haitian Revolution?
500
Spanish Colonial Governor sent to suppress the rebellion which overthrew Governor Ulloa, earned a reputation for treating rebels extremely harshly
Who is 'Bloody' O'Reilly?
500
Religion created through Cultural Diffusion (between Catholicism and native African religions) and efforts to resist French and Spanish attempts to control enslaved people's religion
What is Voodoo?
500
The final battle of the War of 1812; unified the Anglo-American and Creole inhabitants of New Orleans and guaranteed the US victory in the war.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
500
Region in Africa where many enslaved people originated from; made important contributions to Louisiana's food, music, and religion
What is the Senegambia region?
500
Music styles which developed from traditional African musical styles preserved by enslaved people as a form of resistance
What are Gospel, Blues, Jazz, and Rock and Roll?