Road to Lousisana

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Across
  1. 8. Rouge is the capital of Louisiana
  2. 11. HE became the first proprietor of Louisiana
  3. 12. An area settled by a group of people from a distant land
  4. 13. A person who is considered the property of someone and bound to a new life of service
  5. 14. Name given to the collapse of the French investment company
  6. 16. Money made that is made out of paper
  7. 17. The name given to young woman who came to Louisiana in 1728 to become wives of the settlers
  8. 18. A part owner of the colonies
  9. 19. Explored the upper Mississippi down as far as the Arkansas River
  10. 22. A parcel of land given to certain individuals
  11. 23. Founded a new french settlement near the Mississippi River, at the time known as New Orleans
  12. 24. The name of laws that governed the slaves
Down
  1. 1. The main slave religion
  2. 2. System under which a colony was operated as a business
  3. 3. A rise in prices
  4. 4. A group existing during the French Colonial period that was in charge of the judicial matters
  5. 5. The land claimed by Bienville that was a plantation
  6. 6. The main colony
  7. 7. The Natchez massacre
  8. 9. Claimed Louisiana for France in the name of King Louis XIV
  9. 10. The nick name of Baton Rouge
  10. 15. Established Fort Maurepas in near present day Biloxi, Mississippi
  11. 20. Colonist need to pay it because of the war
  12. 21. A large farm or estate