The famous river that the French found.
(Hint:It is named after a state along the Gulf of Mexico.)
What is the Mississippi River?
100
This artifact held gunpowder.
What is a powder horn?
100
The French tried to colonize Northern North America in this time period.
What are the 1500s?
100
This is the carrying of a boat between two waters
What is Portage
100
This item from the was in enormous demand in Europe.
What are Beaver Pelts?
200
The French found this famous, large body of water that is South of modern-day U.S.
What is The Gulf of Mexico
200
These artifacts contained a picture of the king.
What are coins?
200
By this date the number of French settlers was fewer than 100
What is 1635
200
Is Puritan,
A:A person who follows strict moral rules and who believes that pleasure is wrong.
B:A member of a Protestant group in England and New England in the 16th and 17th centuries that opposed many customs of the Church of England
What is 'A'
200
French frontiersmen often carried the name Coureurs de bois meaning this.
What are Forest Runners?
300
These people bordered the French on the East.
What are the British colonies?
300
Tobacco was grown for use in these artifacts.
What are pipes?
300
In this year French explorers Louis Jolliet and Father, Jacques Marquette took the Mississippi from the Wisconsin River to the Arkansas River.
What is 1673?
300
Smaller streams that feed larger streams.
What are Tributaries?
300
He opened the Mississippi to French trade and settlement.
Who is Hernando de Soto
400
These people bordered the French on the West.
What are the Spanish colonies.
400
This clothing artifact was used for protection from the elements.
What are beaver pelts.
400
By this year the number of French colonists had grown to barely more than 3000.
What is 1665?
400
What was the French Colony also called?
The Royal Colony
400
These laws caused a shortage of workers in Louisiana.
What is the Code Noir (Black Code)?
500
To protect it's interests and absorb wealth, the French transformed their holdings from Royal Colonies to this type of colony.
What are Proprietary Colonies?
500
These artifacts required daily washing.
What are dishes?
500
In this year the English set up a fur trading company in Canada. The French then expanded farther South.
What is 1670?
500
What is the definition of Puritan.
A person who follows strict moral rules and who believes that pleasure is wrong.
500
France ceded all their land to England and Spain in this year.