Unit 3 Colonial Louisiana

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Across
  1. 3. explored Louisiana with LaSalle and continued when he left. He got as far as Natchitoches
  2. 5. a group of people with similar culture
  3. 7. king of France when Louisiana was founded; it is named after him
  4. 11. to grant or transfer
  5. 13. Migrated to escape locusts and drought, increased Spanish-speaking population
  6. 16. Spanish-appointed governor lacking military force
  7. 18. release from enslavement
  8. 20. the French laws that slaveholders and slaves had to follow
  9. 21. a colony owned by one businessman or a group of people
  10. 24. French explorer who claimed the Mississippi River and all the land drained by it for France
  11. 25. Infused Spanish laws into pre-existing French laws and created the Cabildo
Down
  1. 1. New governor who stabilized the economy and issued the code O'Reilly
  2. 2. Revolted in Saint Domingue, practiced voodoo, helped sugar industry
  3. 4. brothers from Canada who were sent to Louisiana by King Louis XIV to set up a settlement to protect the mouth of the river
  4. 6. the practice of enslaves persons buying their own freedom
  5. 8. arrival of a large number of people
  6. 9. assigned by Louis XIV to set up a settlement in western Louisiana to protect Louisiana from the Spanish;set up a trade center at Ft. Jean Baptistery in Natchitoches
  7. 10. First proprietor of Louisiana
  8. 11. rebellion to return to French rule in 1768
  9. 12. mild or tolerant
  10. 14. Forced out of Nova Scotia, introduced zydeco music
  11. 15. appointed governor of Louisiana by Crozat
  12. 17. point of a river where it enters into the sea
  13. 19. something that is owned by a person
  14. 20. a person of mixed heritage: African and European (French or Spanish)
  15. 22. to move goods illegally
  16. 23. Legal system with town councils