Across
- 3. He wanted to find a water route to China.
- 4. A military base or stronghold.
- 5. The most economically important settlement in the region.
- 6. An area in southern Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico.
- 8. In charge of judicial matters and presided over by the commissary commissioner.
- 10. A French colony on the Mississippi River in Louisiana.
- 12. A group of people who settle on foreign land, but still stay under their homeland's rule.
- 14. Built by the French where Fort Rosalie used to stand.
- 15. The company collapsed because it could not pay back all of its investors.
- 18. Person bound to life of service.
- 19. A set of laws governing the conduct and treatment of slaves.
Down
- 1. Large estates or farms.
- 2. The main and strongest fortress in the new world for the French.
- 4. Founded in 1702 in modern day Alabama by the French governor.
- 7. French business man who loaned money to King Louis XIV
- 9. A charter or contract for a businessman to run a colony.
- 11. A territory that was controlled by the french at the time
- 13. Provided a good harbor for ships.
- 16. Getting granted parcels of land.
- 17. Governor of Louisiana in 1701 through 1743.