Vocabulary
Statehood
Louisiana Territory
Early Louisiana
100

These people are made up of European, African, Indigenous, or of a mixed descent. 

Who are Creoles ? 

100
What year did the Louisiana Constitution adopt and Louisiana became a state? 

What is the year 1812? 

100

Congress originally divided the Louisiana Territory into how many territories? 

What is two territories ? 

100

Who was the first governor of Louisiana ? 

Who is William Charles Cole Claiborne ? 

200

To take over a territory 

What is annex ? 

200

Louisiana was the what number state? 

What is the 18th state? 

200

Who revolted against the Spanish rule?

What territory did they annex a few months later? 

Who are American Settlers ?

What is the West Florida Territory? 

200

This person was appointed to the legislative council and led the constitution convention in Louisiana? 

Who is Julien de Lallande Poydras? 

300

A very marshy body of water connecting to a lake or river 

What is a bayou ?

300

Orleans was the what number largest city ? 

With how many people there?  

What is 5th? What is 10,000 or What is 10k? 

300

This is the ground in which no one would control 

What is the Neutral Ground ? 

300

This man led the German Coast Uprising against slaveholders 

Who is Charles Deslondes? 

400

This person translates one language to another 

What is an interpreter? 

400

What 2 languages was the Louisiana Constitution written in? 

What is English and French? 

400

How many degrees and direction was the Louisiana Territory split up into? 

What is 33 degrees North and South? 

400

Louisiana was split up into this kind of regions

What are parishes ?

500

This is a special journey taken by a group with a goal

What is an expedition ? 

500

What act was passed that gave Louisiana the opportunity to become a state? 

What is Enabling Act of 1811? 

500

These group of people smuggled people across bayous and marshes

Who are Pirates ? 

500

Louisiana government was based on what 2 law systems

What are common and civil law?
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