Age of Exploration
European explorers traveled across the globe to find the 3 G's which are...
What are...Gold, God, and Glory
This region had rocky soil, shipbuilding, and Puritan settlers.
What is...New England
Africans became enslaved and forced to labor in the Americas after too many of this cultural group died while enslaved...
Who are...Native Americans
This man is credited with founding New Orleans and chose the “crescent” bend of the Mississippi (the natural levee for New Orleans because it offered high ground and access to trade routes
Who is Bienville?
This building served as the seat of Spanish government in New Orleans and is still a major historical site today
What is the Cabildo?
This explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is...Ferdinand Magellan
Known as the “breadbasket colonies” with diverse populations and trading ports.
What is...the Middle Colonies
Indentured Servitude is different from slavery because...
Indentured servitude is chosen by the person and they only serve until debt is paid off while slavery is a life sentence and for no fault of their own.
Who were the Gens de Couleur Libres?
Who is...free African people of color who's first language was French.
This Spanish official earned a fearsome nickname after executing French rebels who resisted Spanish rule in 1769.
Who is Bloody O’Reilly?
The search for this route motivated European explorers to sail around Africa or across the Atlantic.
What is... a faster route to Asia
Colonies existed to benefit the mother country under this economic system.
What is...mercantilism.
What is the Middle Passage
This revolt caused the French to abandon Fort Rosalie and changed their relationships with Native groups.
What is the Natchez Revolt?
This group from the Canary Islands settled in Louisiana and helped defend the colony.
Who were the Islenos?
This exchange of plants, animals, and diseases connected the Old and New Worlds.
What is the Columbian Exchange
This institute comprised the first representative government in English settlement and was the first step to creating a democracy...
What is...the House of Burgesses
These laws limited freedoms of enslaved people and made slavery hereditary
What are...Slave Codes
Why was Louisiana unsuccessful at first?
What is...Hurricanes, poor soil, terrible weather, etc.
This cultural mix of French, Spanish, African, Native American, and Caribbean traditions became a defining feature of Louisiana life.
What is Creole culture
Most Native Americans (90%) would die by the Europeans...
What is...spreading diseases!
What is the 3 way trade of selling and buying of resources and people called?
What is...Transatlantic slave trade
What was the result of the secret Treaty of Fontainebleau?
Louisiana was transferred back to France in 1800 under this agreement before the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso?