Chapter 5 fill in notes french louisiane
Name: _____________________________ Date:______ period:______
Early French History:
________________ establishes a colony at the mouth of the _______________________ for
____________. _______________________ gave La Salle permission and money. La Salle claimed
all lands ________________________________________________ for France. Named the colony
Louisiana in honor of _______________________. LaSalle returns to France to gather supplies then
returns to Louisiana. Lands in _____________, establishes ___________ and most people die.
LaSalle is then killed by his own men.
Iberville, Bienville and the French & English Race:
The _______________ & _______________ are bitter enemies. It becomes a race to see who can
establish a colony at the mouth of ____________________. Count _______________ sends
_________________ & _________________ , who are _______________ to establish a colony.
They land at ______________ and become friends of the ____________________. The Indians
show them the lay of the land. They name Baton Rouge _______________ and explore the 3 lakes,
Maurepas, Borgne and Ponchartrain eventually empty into the __________________________.They
establish a colony called _________________ in Ocean Springs, MS. The year was 1699 and it was
not a good location choice.
Bienville Takes Over:
Bienville involved with ________________ incident and fool the _____________. After the death of
______________ at the age of ___, Bienville becomes the 1st governor and takes over the Louisiana
colony. Bienville also had to handle issues with the _______________________. They were men
who depended upon the ______________________. They lived better than the French colony and
Bienville feared loosing population to them. Bienville had France send the _______________ to
marry French men. Bienville’s downfall was ______________. He would flaunt money and power and
was convicted of _______________________.
Crozazt,The 1st Proprietor:
_________________ was tired of sinking money into a failing ______________. However, he did not
want to give it up because the ___________ would take it over. He hired a _______________, who
would handle the financial aspect of the colony. This means he would provide financing and NOT the
king. _________________ was the 1st proprietor.
A New Governor: Superior Council, Natchitoches & the
First Natchez War
____________________ is appointed after Bienville. He is in charge of the government and Crozat
is in charge of finances. Cadillac creates the __________________ to help him govern the colony.
Cadillac also orders ___________________ to build a western fort to protect Louisiana from Indians
in the west. Cadillac also wanted to trade with __________________, which was illegal. St. Denis
built _________________________ in _______, this would become the oldest PERMANENT
settlement in Louisiana.
The ______________________ murdered 4 innocent French traders. Cadillac decides to send
_____________________ & French soldiers to punish the Natchez. Bienville was chosen because
he had a great knowledge of Indian affairs. Bienville forced the Natchez to kill the Natchez Indians
who did the murdering. They then used the Indians as ____________ labor and made them build
__________________. They made them build the fort so the French would have a military fort to
watch the Natchez Indians.
John Law & The Company of the West:
Crozat’s company went bankrupt. King Louis hired _______________ as the new proprietor. John
Law was allowed to keep all the _______________. The rules for John Law were: Within 3 years Law
had to send _____________ white settlers and ___________ slaves to Louisiana or loose the
charter. John Law also decided to make ______________ governor again. Law also had to
______________ the colony. He used many methods. He advertised the colony as _____________.
He offered ______________, like free land. Law also used the _____________________, the
___________________ and people they did not want in France. Law and Bienville decided that the
current capital _______________ was too far away from the Mississippi River. Bienville ordered the
building of the new capital ____________________, which was named after the Duke of Orleans.
The city would be called _________________ and would be situated between the
____________________ and _______________________. Not long after the building of the city
Bienville is in trouble again. He is convicted of ___________ again, ordered to return to __________
and never again to come to Louisiana. _______________ is selected as governor.
John Law & The Mississippi Bubble:
Law’s Company of the West was very successful. People wanted to buy ____________ in the
company. He was becoming so wealthy; he sold more stock than existed. Eventually the company
collapsed and people lost _________________. The colony grew without Law and the city became
so large it was divided into ______________ that still exists today.
Ft. Rosalie Massacre & The Second Natchez War:
Occurs when __________ is governor. The Natchez Indians sneak __________ into the fort and then
viciously attack the _____________. Over ________ people were killed. This is the EVENT THAT
SPARKS THE 2nd NATCHEZ WAR! Other __________ tribes join the fighting, along with _________.
This lasted __________. Most Natchez were killed. Those who were not killed were sent away to
__________________. Very few Natchez escaped. Those who did escape planned another attack
on the French. This would occur at ____________ against ___________. As a result of the 2 nd
Natchez War, the ___________ Indians are completely gone and _______ of the French population
is killed. The colony goes ____________ because war is expensive. King Louis takes control.
Because of all the chaos the king decides to send ___________ back to Louisiana. Bienville is old,
retires and ____________ takes over. He introduces ____________ & __________, this is the
known as the _________________________.
End of French Louisiane:
One cause was the __________________. Also _________ & ___________ not making any money.
In the ____________ Treaty of ___________, France secretly gives Louisiana to ___________.
They intended to keep it from the ___________. Then the Treaty of __________ ends the French &
Indian War, which was between ENGLAND & FRANCE. The French were forced to give England
_______________and all of Louisiana ___________ of the Mississippi River except
_______________________. Spain gave up ____________ and but kept New Orleans and
everything ____________ of the Mississippi River.