French Colony

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Across
  1. 2. an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
  2. 5. The name given to young women who came to Louisiana in 1728 to become wives of the settlers and brought their belongings in a small trunk
  3. 6. A person who has migrated to an area and and established a permanent residence there.
  4. 7. a good portion of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, extreme southwestern Pennsylvania, extreme northwestern West Virginia, and down to the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
  5. 10. A group existing during the French colonial period that was in charge of the judicial matters
  6. 13. Claimed Louisiana for France in the name of King Louis XIV
  7. 16. A type of negotiable promissory note, made by a bank or other licensed authority.
  8. 17. The second longest river in North America
  9. 18. In western Europe,encompasses medieval cities, alpine villages and Mediterranean beaches.Paris,its capital
  10. 20. A large farm or estate
  11. 23. A city on the Mississippi RIver, and the capital of Louisiana.
  12. 24. A compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on as taxpayer by a governmental organization.
  13. 25. In 1712 he became the first proprietor of Louisiana, the company of the West
Down
  1. 1. FOunded a new French settlement near the Mississippi river, at the time known as Nouvelle-Orleans ( New Orleans)
  2. 3. Established Fort Maurepas in near present day Biloxi, Mississippi
  3. 4. An area settled by a group of people from a distant land
  4. 6. The name of the laws that governed the conduct of slaves in the French colony of Louisiana
  5. 8. System under which a colony was operated as a business by an individual or group
  6. 9. Name given to the collapse of the French investment company,the company of the West
  7. 11. General rise in the price level of an economy over period of time.
  8. 12. Natives or inhabitants of Germany.
  9. 14. A parcel of land given to certain individuals under certain conditions, such as their agreement to settle on it
  10. 15. A country on Europe's Iberian peninsula, includes 17 autonomous regions with diverse geography and cultures.
  11. 19. A person who is considered the property of someone and bound to a life of service
  12. 21. The practice of cultivating plants and livestock.
  13. 22. Explored the upper Mississippi down as far as the Arkansas RIver