The European Period
The leading explorer to the Far East?
Marco Polo
City discovered in 1718
New Orleans
Discovered the Mississippi River
Marquette and Joliet
Foundation of Natchez
Fort Rosalie
journey for a certain reason
expedition
Why was the Mississippi River so important in the early 1700’s?
in order to control the waterway; locate a new route of transportation
Discovered the modern day lands of Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi
Hernando de Soto
The French landed in Mississippi in 1699, what was the location of that landing?
Ship Island
Agreement which ended the American Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris of 1786
area of land politically controlled by a distant country
colony
The art of making maps and charts
cartography
What attracted English settlers to the Spanish Natchez District?
liberal land grants
Marquette and Joliet discovered the lower Louisiana, they also discovered two important rivers.
Mississippi and Arkansas
Spanish Governor of the Natchez District
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos
force of citizen soldiers
miltia
A large amount of the settlers in the Natchez District supported which side during the American Revolution?
Loyalists
special laws for African Americans
Black Code
Discovered the Louisiana Province
LaSalle
flowing together of 2 rivers
confluence
He was sent by the Continental Congress to convince the citizens to support the rebels in the American Revolution
Jason Willing
Who created a special school for seaman and explorers in Portugal
Prince Henry the Navigator
Created the city of New Orleans
Jean Baptiste de Bienville
Discovered Mississippi for the French
Iberville
created so that new settlers could not come to Mississippi after the French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
List the three parts of the Black Codes passed in 1724 in Mississippi.