Vocab
Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, purchased the huge Louisiana Territory from the French in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This man is known for clearing "the Great Raft" and opening up the Red River. Our city is named after him.
Who is Henry Miller Shreve?
Napoleon needed money for his many wars and did not want to give the Mississippi to the British, so he took this action.
What is "sold Louisiana to the Americans"?
The Louisiana Purchase Treaty had not defined Louisiana's western border. A peaceful "neutral ground agreement" was put in place until the two countries could negotiate a permanent boundary, creating this area of land.
What is the Neutral Strip?
This treaty, signed by John Adams and Don Luis de Onis, finalized Louisiana's western border.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty?
A type of government or political system in which the power comes from the people.
What is democracy?
This man became dictator of France and sold Louisiana to the Americans for a cheap 15 million dollars.
Who is Napoleon?
President Jefferson sent this team of explorers to explore the Louisiana Territory.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
After the Louisiana Purchase, the territory was split into these two territories.
What are Territory of Orleans and District of Louisiana?
Historians call the War of 1812 the ____________ because after the war, the U.S. thought of itself as an independent power.
What is the "Second War for Independence"?
A document that explains a government's purpose, organization, and powers.
What is a constitution?
This man's nickname was "Old Hickory", and he is known for having won the Battle of New Orleans for the Americans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Robert Livingston and James Monroe decided to go beyong what Jefferson authorized and offered ______ to Napoleon for Louisiana.
What is 15 million?
Who are the Native Americans?
Young and inexperienced congressmen who pushed for war with Great Britain were known as this.
Who are the War Hawks?
What is ratify?
This man was the leader of a band of smugglers (pirates) called the Baratarians. He warned Andrew Jackson about an impending British invasion of New Orleans and helped the Americans fight the British off.
Who is Jean Lafitte?
Jefferson was hesitant to submit the Louisiana Purchase treaty because he was unsure if his actions were _________ .
What is constitutional?
In 1811, more than 80 slaves revolted their treatment in American Louisiana ans started this.
What is the biggest slave uprising in American history?
Napoleon's greatest achievement was the ____________ , which greatly influenced French/Louisiana Law to the present.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
The capture of sailors from one country's navy into the service of another country.
What is impressment?
President Jefferson sent this man, the U.S. Minister to France, to negotiate with Napoleon for control of New Orleans.
Who is Robert Livingston?
At the end of the French Revolution, Napoleon convinced Spain to return Louisiana to France in this secret treaty.
What is the Treaty of San Ildefonso?
The French cultural influence (Catholics) created these church-related districts. Louisiana is still the only U.S. state to have them, rather than counties.
What are parishes?
Name one of the three reasons the Battle of New Orleans was significant for Louisiana.
What are, "proof to the nation that Louisianians were loyal", "proof the U.S. would protect Louisiana", and "creoles and anglos began to realize they had common goals".