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81 Cards in this Set

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