French Colonial Louisiana Quiz

Use the map to answer the following question. Who claimed the shaded area on the map for France? (6.5, 6.10.d)

• Crozat

• La Salle

• Bienville

• Jolliet and Marquette

What accomplishment is Bienville best known for? (6.10.a, 6.10.d)

• writing the Code Noir

• signing the Treaty of Fontainebleau

• instituting Louisiana’s civil law system

• founding settlements such as Mobile and New Orleans

Use the image to answer the following question. According to this plan, New Orleans was to be intentionally built near which geographic feature? (6.10.c)

• a river

• a forest

• a plateau

• a mountain

Under the Code Noir, what rights did les gens de couleur libres have? Select the two correct answers. (6.9.f, 6.9.g, 6.10.b, 6.10.c, 6.10.d)

• voting rights

• marriage rights

• property ownership rights

• equal education opportunities

• the right to hold political office

Which phrase best describes a Creole person?

• a person of Spanish descent

• a person born in the Louisiana colony

• a person born in Europe but living in Louisiana

• a child born to one enslaved person and one free person

John Law granted land in Louisiana to many people from which country?

• Spain

• England

• Scotland

• Germany

Which countries had control of Louisiana at some point during the Seven Years’ War? Select the two correct answers.

• Spain

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• the United States

Use the timeline to answer the following question. What event belongs at point C on the timeline?

• The new Code Noir articles are written.

• Antoine Crozat brings new settlers to colonial Louisiana.

• Spain enters the Revolutionary War on the American side.

• De Soto and his fellow explorers reach the Mississippi River.

Use the excerpt from the Code Noir to answer the following question. Based on the Code Noir, what could a child born to a free Black woman married to an enslaved man do?

• own property

• vote in the colony

• pass property to their father

• inherit their father’s property

What areas of North America did France colonize?

• Canada, Louisiana, and parts of the Caribbean
• Alaska, Hawaii, and Texas
• New England, New York, and Pennsylvania
• Mexico, Florida, and California