French Louisiana
Robert LaSalle
Secret treaty which transferred Louisiana to Spain.
Treaty of Fountainebleau
Who sold the territory?
France
What year did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?
1803
Farming
Agriculture
Founder of New Orleans
Bienville
After the French and Indian War, this country owned all land east of the Mississippi River.
Great Britain
Who bought the territory?
The United States
Who was the first territorial governor of the United States?
William C.C. Claiborne
Crossroads
Set of laws which restricted and controlled the lives of slaves and Free People of Color
Code Noir
This Spanish Governor closed the Mississippi River and restricted trade.
Antonio Ulloa
Which 13 year war led to Napoleon wanting to sell the Louisiana Territory?
Haitian Revolution
This uprising of slaves is the largest slave revolt in U.S. History.
The 1811 German Coast Rebellion
This invention enabled a slave to pick 50 pounds of cotton in a day.
Cotton gin
Casket girls
General who ended the rebellion and executed all of the leaders of the revolt.
Alejandro O'Reilly
The primary reason Thomas Jefferson wanted to buy the Louisiana Territory.
The Port of New Orleans
1812
The increase in cotton and sugar production led to an increased demand for workers. This led to the ______________, the movement of slaves from Northern states to Southern states.
Sold stock to people trying to become rich.
John Law/Mississippi Company
Old Spanish laws were adopted and given this title.
Code O'Reilly
The Louisiana Purchase _______ the size of the United States.
Doubled
Louisiana was the _____ state admitted to the Union.
18th
The city that became the main center for the slave trade during the Antebellum Period.
New Orleans