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81 Cards in this Set
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calumet
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a peace pipe
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clan
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a group of families related by blood
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totem
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the symbol of a tribe
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treaty
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a formal agreement between nations
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immunity
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Natural resistance to disease
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archeologist
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a scientist who studies artifacts
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temple mound
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a raised area created by prehistoric people for religious ceremonies
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Nomad
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A wanderer
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Midden
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A garbage mound
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Pirogue
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A dugout made by burned and scraped out cypress logs
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Agriculture
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Farming
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Artifacts
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Pieces of bone, tools and stone left behind by ancient people
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Atlatl
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A handle with weights used to throw spears with more force and farther distances
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Tribe
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A group of people who share a common ancestry, language, name and way of living
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German coast
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Cote de allemandes
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Natchitoches
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Oldest settlement in Louisiana
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Fort Louis
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Fort that is now present day Mobile, Alabama
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Fort maurepas
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Fort on the gulf coast of present day biloxi
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Ship island
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Off the coast of Mississippi, good harbor
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Louis kerlerec
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Governor with a strong military reputation
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Pierre vaudreuil
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Governor that started Louisiana Mardi Gras
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Etienne perier
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Governor that replaced bienville
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John law
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The head of the company of the west
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Antoine Cadillac
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Governor that was known for being rude, set up a trading post that is now Detroit, Michigan
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Antoine crozat
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French proprietor of Louisiana in 1712
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John baptiste bienville
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Younger brother of iberville
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Pierre Iberville
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Sent to build a fort in Louisiana after La Salle died
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Robert La Salle
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Explored the Mississippi River and claimed the land for france
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Casket girls
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Young girls brought to Louisiana as wives to settlers
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Code noir
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A set of laws governing the conduct of slaves
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Plantation
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A large farm or estate
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Slave
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A person bound to life of service to others and who is considered property
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Mississippi bubble
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The collapse of the French investment company
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Land grant
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Land given to the directors of the company of the west under the condition that they bring settlers to the colony
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Superior council
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The group in charge of judicial matters
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Proprietorship
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A system that gave an individual a charter to operate a colony as a business
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Colony
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Group of people who settle in a distant land but who are still under the control of their native land
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treason
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The crime of trying to overthrow the government of one state or country
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Cabildo
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The governing body of Louisiana while it was a Spanish colony
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Surveyor
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One who measures and marks off boundary lines to establish land ownership
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Neutral
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Not taking sides in a disagreement
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Militia
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A military force composed mainly of citizen soldiers
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Siege
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When armed forces try to capture a fort or town by surrounding it and preventing any supplies from reaching it
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French Revolution
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An uprising that took place in Europe in 1789
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Right of deposit
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The ability to store goods in warehouses in New Orleans before loading them onto ships
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Antonio D'uollo
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First Spanish governor of louisiana
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Alejandro O'reilly
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Military leader sent to Louisiana to put down the rebellion by colonists
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unzaga
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The civilian governor of Spanish louisiana
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galvez
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Spanish governor of Louisiana during the american revolution
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Miro
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Governor of Louisiana after the American revolution; dealt with problems from the war
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Carondelet
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Spanish governor of Louisiana during the French Revolution
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bore
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The first successful sugar producer
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Nova Scotia
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French Acadia in Canada
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fort Miro
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For the protection of the British; now the city of Monroe
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Louisiana purchase
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The 1803 purchase from France of over 600 million acres of land in North America for 15 million
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Capital
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The seat of government for a State or nation
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Annex
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To add territory to a state or union
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Privateers
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Privately owned ship that was armed and expected to capture the enemy ship's
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Impressments
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The practice of forcing sailors into service against their will
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Blockade
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To use naval forces to isolate a seaport and prevent any ships from entering or leaving the fort
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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the leader of France after the French Revolution; sold Louisiana
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Thomas Jefferson
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President of the United States during the Louisiana purchase
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William C. Claiborne
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First governor of the territory of Orleans and later , the state of louisiana
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Julien Poydras
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President of the 1811 constitutional convention of Louisiana
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Jean Lafitte
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French privateer whose base was in barataria, fought on the American side of the Battle of New Orleans
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Andrew Jackson
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General who commanded the American forces at the battle of New Orleans
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captain Henry Miller Shreve
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Helped clear the red river log jam
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territory of Orleans
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One of two territories carved from the Louisiana purchase, most of present day Louisiana
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Haiti
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Island where a slave rebellion against the French government took place
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district of Louisiana
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The remaining land from the Louisiana purchase that was not a part of the territory of New Orleans
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Sabine strip
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No man's land. Lawless hideout for bandits
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barataria strip
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Home of the largest band of smugglers
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fort Jesup
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US military post, at boundary between US and Texas
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Prohibition
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Forbidding by law the making and selling of alcoholic beverages
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Women's Christian temperance union
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An organization that worked to stop the sale of alcoholic beverages
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Seference tax
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A tax on resources taken from the land such as oil or gas
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Ku klux klan
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A secret racist organization that used violence and and intimidation against those whose behaviors or actions it did not like
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Public Service Commision
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A state Commission whose job it was to regulate transportation and communication companies, originally the railroad commission
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Crevasse
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A break in the levee
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Impeachment
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The process of bringing charges of wrongdoing against a public official while that officials still in office
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Censor
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To remove or suppress
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