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Who was appointed by King Charles III of Spain to be the first governor of the Louisiana Colony?
Governor Ulloa
Which of the following is not an achievement of O'Reilly? 1. improved healthcare 2. stabilized the economy in Louisiana 3. abolished slavery
number 3
France gained the Louisiana territory west of the Mississippi, including New Orleans, in the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso. What did Spain get?
Spain gained a kingdom in Italy
What group came to Louisiana from Canada?
Acadians
Which group of immigrants brought voodoo to Louisiana?
Haitian
What did Ulloa put restrictions on in Spanish Louisiana?
Trade
What were the main crops in the Louisiana colony under the Spanish rule?
sugar and cotton
What disaster caused Spanish officials to have to rebuild New Orleans?
Fires
What motivated Spaniards to migrate to the Louisiana colony?
When the Spanish gained control of Louisiana, they offered land grants to Spaniards to migrate to the colony and start a new life.
What event caused many Haitians to flee to Louisiana in 1791?
The Haitian Revolution
What did the Louisiana colonists and the Superior Council do to the governor following the Insurrection of 1768?
Ulloa was banished
Under Spanish rule, enslaved people had the right to buy their own freedom. This process was called ___.
Coartacion
Spain gained control of Louisiana after this 1763 treaty.
Treaty of Fontainebleau
Why did the number of enslaved Africans increase under Spanish Rule?
The Spanish monarchy legalized trade with English slave traders.
Which group of immigrants brought Cajun and Zydeco music, along with gumbo, to the Louisiana colony?
Acadians
Who was sent to Spanish Louisiana to shut down the Creole rebellion against the king and to enforce Spanish Rule?
Alejandro O'Reilly
What was the name of the government that O'Reilly replaced the old French Superior Council with?
Cabildo
How did the Spanish increase their trade connections in the Louisiana colony?
allowing the trade of contraband; Smuggled goods coming to the colony from other nations
Settlers from the Canary Islands who came to Louisiana under Spanish rule were called ___.
Islenos
What motivated the immigrants from the Canary Islands, the Islenos, to take the land and money to migrate to Louisiana, offered by the Spanish?
There was an infestation of locusts, and there was a horrible drought.
Who wanted the Louisiana Colony to expand his empire, but more importantly, for the wood, food, sugar, and other goods the territory offered?
Napoleon Bonaparte
What country threatened the Spanish territory because they established settlements near the Gulf Coast?
England
What treaty opened trade with the United States?
Treaty of San Lorenzo aka Pinckney's Treaty
Why did the Acadians migrate from West Central France to the Nova Scotia settlement in Canada?
The Acadians wanted to escape disease, poverty, famine, and religious persecution.
Under Spanish rule, which group of people grew by policies that made it easier to gain their freedom?
Gens de Couleur Libres - free people of color