Chapter 7 Louisiana’s Spanish Colonial Era: Section 1 Louisiana Becomes a Spanish Colony
Directions: Use the information on pages 209-216 to complete the following statements.
1. By the 1750’s, the French had pushed into the Ohio River Valley, seeking control of the ______trade there. The ______were eyeing the same territory.
2. The British government wanted the ______trade, and its colonists wanted the ______.
3. When the British tried to ______their claims to the area in 1754, the French reacted. This conflict resulted in the ______and ______War.
4. The fighting ended in North America in 1760, but a settlement was not signed until ______. The French lost Canada and all French territory east of the ______River to Great Britain. Spain traded ______to Great Britain in return for Cuba, which the British had captured during the war.
5. The new colony would be very ______for Spain to operate. Even so, Spain ______the colony. Louisiana would serve as a ______and keep the British away from the Spanish ______mines in Northern Mexico.
6. The French and Indian War also brought new ______to Louisiana.
7. The ______were exiles from French Acadia, which had become the British Nova Scotia in 1713. In 1755, early in the French and Indian War, a British officer claimed these farmers were enemies because they refused to take an ______to the British
Protestant king.
8. The British ______the Acadians from their land.
9. After the tragic events of this journey and the years following, some Acadians made their way to ______. The first group arrived in _____.
10. Today Louisiana is home to the ______of these hardy people.
11. The transfer of Louisiana to Spain was kept ______from the colonists while French officials waited for the arrival of the Spanish. This situation lasted for almost ______years.
12. Finally, on September 30, 1764, the French government officially ______the transfer of the colony to Spain.
13. The news had already begun to leak out, and the colonists were very ______about this betrayal by their country.
14. The Spanish government sent Antonio ______to Louisiana as its governor. His quiet manner and low-key style were not ______with these people who did not accept his ______.
15. By October 28, 1768, an ______mob had gathered in New Orleans.
16. The ______came because they wanted to be paid for the produce purchased from their farms.
17. The ______came because Ulloa had forced some of them to settle near ______, instead of allowing them to join relatives near St. ______.
18. Ulloa could do little to stop the ______. The governor took his family and ______the city on the only Spanish ______at the dock.
19. The Spanish considered the colonists’ actions to be ______(the crime of trying to overthrow the government of one’s own state or country).
20. The ______colony must be regained and controlled. A strong and forceful military leader - ______- was selected for this assignment.
21. O’Reilly dealt with the rebellious colony as the king ______. Anyone who was not willing to take the ______had to leave the colony.
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