Vocabulary
What is Asset?
something that is owned by a person, company, or country
Who claimed all the land on the map for France?
La Salle
Which countries had control of Louisiana at some point during the Seven Years’ War?
Spain and France
What does Code Noir means?
Code Black
Gulf of Mexico name was changed to what?
Gulf of America
What is Influx?
the arrival of a large number of people
Under the Code Noir, what rights did les gens de couleur libres have?
marriage rights
property ownership
What event happened in 1724?
The new Code Noir articles are written.
True or False
If a husband is free and the mother is free that makes the child a slave.
False, if the father is free and the mother is free that makes the child free also.
What does les gens de couleur libres mean?
Free people of color
What is Manumission?
release from enslavement
Which phrase best describes a Creole person?
A person born in Louisiana colony
Why is New Orleans called the Crescent City? (6.10.c)
It sits on a U-shaped bend, or crescent, in the Mississippi River
The French government issued ______ articles.
55
Name 3 distinct groups of Native Americans that lived in Louisiana.
Caddo
Mississippian
Plaquemine
What is Civil Law?
a system of law in which codes and statutes carry greater weight than prior court decisions
John Law granted land in Louisiana to many people from which country?
Germany
New Orleans was to be intentionally built near which geographic feature?
A river
What was required of slaveholders if an enslaved person under their care became too old or ill to work?
Slaveholders were required to feed and provide for the enslaved person or admit them to a hospital at the slaveholder’s expense
Which people had knowledge of the Mississippi River prior to Jolliet and Marquette’s exploration?
Native Americans
What is Common Law?
a system of law in which prior court decisions carry greater weight than codes and statutes
Based on the Code Noir, what could a child born to a free Black woman married to an enslaved man do?
Own property
What accomplishment is Bienville best known for? (6.10.a, 6.10.d)
Founding the settlements such as Mobile and New Orleans
Under the Code Noir, what status did Black children have upon birth?
They had the status of their mother.
1. the Mississippi River reached from Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota to the Gulf of America.
2. no Northwest Passage providing a shorter water route to China.