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Question 0

The Creoles grew very fond of Unzaga after……

Answer 0

he married a local woman

Question 1

When O’Reilly left Louisiana, Spain replaced who?

Answer 1

Luis de Unzaga

Question 2

Unzaga established the first _______ _______ and worked to improve the ________.

Answer 2

……….public school……economy

Question 3

Although it was illegal to trade with _______, Unzaga knew it would be good for the colony.

Answer 3

……England……

Question 4

Unzaga therefore, allowed English _____ ______, called floating warehouses, to come down the ________ River and trade goods in Spanish Louisiana.

Answer 4

……..trading vessels…….Mississippi…..

Question 5

The 13 English _____ along the eastern seaboard had been arguing with ____ ____ for years.

Answer 5

…….colonies…..Great Britain……

Question 6

Eventually, fighting erupted in what became known as the _______ ______.

Answer 6

……..American Revolution

Question 7

On July 4, 1776, colonial immigrants approved a document declaring their ________ as a separate nation.

Answer 7

……independence…..

Question 8

When the colonies revolted, Spain did not officially support either side, but the ______ secretly hoped the colonists would ____ the war.

Answer 8

……Spanish…..win….

Question 9

Unzaga provided that help through ______ _____, an American merchant who arrived in Louisiana with two boatloads of wheat while ______ was governor.

Answer 9

……Oliver Pollock……O’Reilly……

Question 10

The colony was suffering from a _____ _____, and O’Reilly allowed Pollock to sell the ____ in New Orleans.

Answer 10

…….food shortage….wheat….

Question 11

When _____ revolutionaries came to Louisiana seeking help, Pollock urged Unzaga to sell them _______ from the Spanish arsenal.

Answer 11

….American……gunpowder….

Question 12

After Unzaga left Louisiana , 28-year-old _____ __ _____ became governor.

Answer 12

Bernardo de Gàlvez

Question 13

Gàlvez was married to Unzaga’s ________, and he became very popular.

Answer 13

Sister-in-law

Question 14

Like ______, he worked secretly through Pollock to provide aid to the colonies as they fought for independence.

Answer 14

Unzaga

Question 15

What did Gàlvez ship up the Mississippi River to the rebels?

Answer 15

Medicine, clothing, and weapons

Question 16

______ _____, an American, launched a military raid on British West Florida.

Answer 16

James Willing

Question 17

Willing and his men traveled down the _______ and attacked English _______ around Natchez and Baton Rouge.

Answer 17

Mississippi……plantations

Question 18

What did Willing and his men do?

Answer 18

They burned, looted, stole private property, and captured an English Warship.

Question 19

What did Willings actions do to Gàlvez?

Answer 19

Put him in a difficult position.

Question 20

Since Spain was ____, he was not supposed to aid the colonists in any way.

Answer 20

Neutral

Question 21

Gàlvez eventually grew tired of ______ shenanigans and demanded him to leave the colony.

Answer 21

Willings

Question 22

After a few years, _____ and _____ decided to join the colonies in their war against England.

Answer 22

France…. Spain

Question 23

Gàlvez raised an ____ and marched for Baton Rouge.

Answer 23

Army

Question 24

His 1,500-man army included who?

Answer 24

Spanish soldiers, Creoles, black militiamen, and Indians.

Question 25

Who did Gàlvez capture?

Answer 25

Fort Blute, Fort Richmond, an English regiment at Mobile, and finally , Pensacola.

Question 26

The treaties that ended the American Revolution forced England to give what?

Answer 26

Independence to Americans and Florida to Spain.

Question 27

After Gàlvez left office, who served as Louisiana’s governor?

Answer 27

Esteban Rodriguez Miro

Question 28

Like his two predecessors, Miro married a ______ woman.

Answer 28

Louisiana

Question 29

About 7,500 people lived here when _____ took control, but over the next 40 years, the population ____ to approximately 50,000.

Answer 29

Spain….grew

Question 30

One reason for this growth was that Spain, like France,..

Answer 30

Viewed the colony in military terms.

Question 31

For the French, Louisiana helped protect ______, but for Spain, the colony protected the ____ and ____ mines in Mexico.

Answer 31

Canada…..gold…silver

Question 32

Soak wanted to move as many people as possible into ______, so the population would be large enough to protect the ____.

Answer 32

Louisiana…..mines

Question 33

Another way Spain built the colony’s population was by..

Answer 33

Offering land grants

Question 34

A land grant was a parcel of land promised to each _____ who would settle in _______.

Answer 34

Family….Louisiana

Question 35

Like long lots, the ______ were rather short along the rivers or bayous butt as deep as the family chose to ______ and ______.

Answer 35

Parcels……clear…..cultivate

Question 36

To each family, the government also provided…

Answer 36

Tools, a rooster, two hens, two pigs, and supplies for a year

Question 37

One Spanish group to come to Louisiana was the ______, or “islanders.”

Answer 37

Isleños

Question 38

The Islenos from the ______ _______ had few opportunities to better their lives.

Answer 38

Canary Islands

Question 39

The Canary Islands were ruled by…

Answer 39

Harsh noblemen, and severe weather caused repeated crop failures

Question 40

When the _____ learned Spain had taken possession of the Louisiana colony, many chose to give the new region a _____.

Answer 40

Isleños…..chance

Question 41

The Isleños settled mostly in the areas of _______,________, and _______ ______ and made their livings by _____ and _______.

Answer 41

St. Bernard, Ascension, and Plaquemines Parishes……….fishing…..trapping

Question 42

When Miro first became governor, only a few _____ hunters and their families lived in _____ Louisiana.

Answer 42

French….northeast

Question 43

These families complained that the ______ and their _____ allies were raiding the area, so Spanish officials took action.

Answer 43

English……Indian

Question 44

Miro sent ________ up the Ouachita River to organize the French families into settlements.

Answer 44

Captain Don Juan Filhiol

Question 45

Filhiol chose a prairie along the river to establish the _____ __ ______ and later became commandant of the Ouachita valley.

Answer 45

Post du Ouachita

Question 46

Several years later, Filhiol built ____ _____ on the same spot.

Answer 46

Fort Miro

Question 47

Slowly, settlers moved into ______ Louisiana.

Answer 47

Northeast