5th - SS Chap 7 LA's Spanish Colonial Era

Question 0

The governing body of Louisiana while it was a Spanish colony; made the legal decisions, set policy for the colony, and advised the governor?

Answer 0

Cabildo

Question 1

The crime of trying to overthrow the government of one’s state or country?

Answer 1

Treason

Question 2

One who measures and marks off boundary lines to establish land ownership?

Answer 2

Surveyor

Question 3

Not taking sides in a disagreement?

Answer 3

Neutral

Question 4

A military force composed mainly of citizens-soldiers?

Answer 4

Militia

Question 5

A situation that occurs when armed forces try to capture a fortified fort or town by surrounding it and preventing any supplies from reaching it?

Answer 5

Siege

Question 6

An uprising that took place in France in 1789?

Answer 6

French Revolution

Question 7

During the Spanish colonial period, the ability to store (“deposit”) goods in warehouses in New Orleans before loading them onto ocean-going ships?

Answer 7

Right of deposit

Question 8

In what peace treaty did France lose all its land in North America?

Answer 8

French and Indian War

Question 9

What was the name of the colonists who came to Louisiana from the Canary Islands?

Answer 9

Islenos

Question 10

What is a phrase that defines treason?

Answer 10

Crime of try to overthrow one’s government

Question 11

What body served as town council and court of law during the Spanish colonial period?

Answer 11

Cabildo

Question 12

What conflict was fought to secure basic rights for French citizens from a despotic king?

Answer 12

French Revolution

Question 13

What person is responsible for marking off boundary lines between pieces of property?

Answer 13

Surveyor

Question 14

What describes a person or nation who does not take sides in an argument?

Answer 14

Remain neutral

Question 15

What is a group of citizen-soldiers called?

Answer 15

Militia

Question 16

During the American Revolution, what did Spanish Governor Gálvez do to prevent supplies from reaching the British fort at Pensacola?

Answer 16

He began a siege.

Question 17

What do you call the right that was given to American farmers to store their produce in warehouses before loading them into ocean-going ships?

Answer 17

Right of deposit

Question 18

Why did the French transfer Louisiana to the Spain during the French and Indian War?

Answer 18

France needed money and military aid from Spain.

Question 19

What was the name of the secret treaty that transferred Louisiana to Spain?

Answer 19

Treaty of Fountainebleu.

Question 20

Why did Spain want Louisiana?

Answer 20

To serve as a buffer and keep the British away from the Spanish silver mines in northern Mexico

Question 21

What brought the Acadians to Louisiana during the French and Indian War?

Answer 21

Because their was a British officer who claimed that these people were enemies because they refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Protestant British King.

Question 22

Where did the Acadian people come from?

Answer 22

They were peasants who come from France to Canada

Question 23

What religion did these Acadian people follow?

Answer 23

Catholic

Question 24

What happened to the first Spanish Governor Ulloa of Louisiana?

Answer 24

He was not a forceful leader but a reserved scientist. He was forced out of the colony by the colonists

Question 25

Who did the Spanish King send to replaced the first governor?

Answer 25

Alejandro (Alexander) O'Reilly

Question 26

How was O'Reilly different from Ulloa?

Answer 26

O'Reilly was a strong and forceful military leader.

Question 27

What did O'Reilly do?

Answer 27

He setup the Cabildo to replace the Superior Council which angered the French.

Question 28

What did the governor who replaced O'Reilly do to improve the Spanish relationship with the colonists?

Answer 28

He allowed the illegal trade (smuggling) with the British colony of West Florida to continue which improved the colonies economy.

Question 29

Why did Spain send the Islenos to Louisiana?

Answer 29

The Spanish were looking for loyal colonists due to the possibility of war so they looked to the Islenos (who came from the Canary Islands)

Question 30

What were the Islenos sent to Louisiana to do?

Answer 30

The Islenos to join the military but a soldiers low pay was not enough to support a family so they were directed to become farmers.

Question 31

How did the Spanish react to the American Revolution?

Answer 31

The Spanish secretly supported the American colonists against the British.

Question 32

In 1779, what changed in the Spanish position concerning the American Revolution?

Answer 32

Spain entered the war after France had done so but did not become an ally of the Americans as France had.

Question 33

What ended the American Revolution?

Answer 33

The Treaty of Paris of 1783

Question 34

What territory did Spain control after the American Revolution?

Answer 34

The Spanish now controlled both banks of the Mississippi River.

Question 35

Despite the progress, Louisiana continued to cost Spain more than it returned. What did Spain do?

Answer 35

At the end of the 1700's, the colony would be traded again by the Spanish to the French.