People
What language did people in Louisiana speak when the Spanish took over?
French
What religion did Louisiana people usually follow under Spanish rule?
Catholicism
What was Hernando de Soto’s expedition looking for when it first reached what would later become the Louisiana colony?
Gold
What group came to Louisiana from Canada?
Acadians
What is the word for the buying and selling of goods and services; trade?
Commerce
What did Ulloa put restrictions on in Spanish Louisiana?
Trade
What did the Spanish want back from the British? This is the reason they joined and helped the Thirteen Colonies fight Britain in the American Revolution.
Florida
What disaster caused Spanish officials to have to rebuild New Orleans?
Fires
Who were the French creoles mad at for taking over French Louisiana?
Spanish
What is the word for the release from enslavement?
Manumission
Who was the first governor that was forced to leave Spanish Louisiana after French creoles rebelled?
Governor Ulloa
Under Spanish rule, enslaved people had the right to buy their own freedom. This process was called ___.
Manumission or Coartacion
Spain gained control of Louisiana after this 1763 treaty.
Treaty of Fontainebleau
Did the amount of enslaved Africans increase or decrease under Spanish Rule?
Increase
What is the word that means to grant or transfer something?
Cede
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
What was the illegal trade called that Spanish governors allowed?
Smuggling
Settlers from the Canary Islands who came to Louisiana under Spanish rule were called ___.
Islenos
What is the word for referring to a group of people who share a similar culture that is often handed down from one generation to the next?
Ethnic
He led the colony after the 1768 rebellion and earned the nickname “Bloody ___” for punishing the rebels.
O'Reilly
Spain mainly wanted Louisiana to protect this valuable territory to the south.
Mexico
What treaty opened trade with the United States?
Pinckney's Treaty
What war did the British win against the French that caused them to kick the Acadians out of Canada?
The French and Indian War
What is the word for a system of law in which codes and statutes (laws) carry greater weight than prior court decisions?
Civil law