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What caused thousands of deaths among Native Americans when the Europeans came?

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New diseases


Conflicts


Famine due to new crops


Enslavement

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The _______________ started the first colony in today’s Louisiana

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Islenos


French


English


Spanish

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What was the Natchez Uprising?

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French soldiers attacked a Natchez village.


Natchez Indians attacked Fort Rosalie


The Choctaw and Caddo went to war with the Natchez


The Natchez went to war with the Chickasaw

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La Salle discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River

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False
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The French cooperated with the Indians to profit from the fur trade

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False
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When Spain owned Louisiana, it was a buffer zone between the British colonies and which country ?

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Germany


France


Italy


Mexico

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Who established Spain’s authority in Louisiana?

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King Carolos


Antonio de Ulloa


Don Alejandro O’Reilly


The Creole community

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Why did the American colonies rebel against the British?

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The British wanted the American colonists to wage war on Spain


The British unfairly taxed the American colonists


The American colonies wanted to return to Britain


The British would not let the colonists trade with Louisiana

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Which of the following made up the largest group of immigrants to Louisiana during the Spanish period?

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French


Creoles


Americans


Acadians

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Directly after the French and Indian War, New Orleans belonged to France

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False
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Under Spanish slave laws, the enslaved had more rights than under the French

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False
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Acadians and their descendants are now known as Cajun.

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False
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Why did Napoleon decide to sell Louisiana?

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Slave rebellions made Louisiana too much trouble to deal with


France needed the money to fund a war against Britain


He wanted to give the money to the Americans to help them defeat the British


He needed the money to fund the French Revolution

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Which of the following best describes the exchange of Louisiana in the period following the American Revolution ?

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France gave it to Spain who gave it to the United States.


France gave it to the United States who split it with Spain


The United States won it in a war


Spain gave it to France who sold it to the United States.

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What was the original American name for Louisiana before it became a state?

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Territory of Louisiana


Territory of Mississippi


Territory of Orleans


Territory of Kentucky

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Diplomats from the United States acquired much less land than President Jefferson hoped

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False
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Louisiana is the only state that has parishes instead of counties

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False
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Which of the following was a term of the Missouri Compromise?

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Texas would be a slave state


Missouri would be a free state.


All new states below Missouri would be slave states


Louisiana would be a slave state

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The time from when Louisiana became a state to the start of the Civil War was known as what ?

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The Antebellum period


The pre- confederate hours


The pre-war time


The Confederacy

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Louisiana was part of the Union and not the Confederacy during the Civil War .

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False
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1. A, New Diseases 2. B, French 3. B, Natchez Indians attacked Fort Rosalie 4. False, De Soto found the mouth of the river 5. True, 6. D, Mexico 7. B, The first governor was Antonio de Ulloa 8. B, The British unfairly taxed the American colonists 9. D, Acadians 10. False, They lost that territory to the British 11. True 12. True 13. B, France needed the money to fund a war with Britain 14. D, Spain gave it to France who sold it to the United States 15. C, Territory of Orleans 16. False 17. True 18. C, all new states below Missouri would be slave 19. A, The Antebellum Period 20. False