Unit3 - Chapter 2: Spanish Colonial Louisiana

1. Hernando de Soto’s expedition was looking for gold when it first reached what would

later become the Louisiana colony.

2. The words remote and French speaking best describe the Louisiana colony when Spain

first acquired it under the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

3. Ulloa make himself very unpopular with the people of the Louisiana colony because he

restricted trade.

4. Alejandro O’Reilly was sent to the Louisiana colony to enforce Spanish rule as governor

and to put down the rebellion against the king.

5. Slave trade increased under Spanish rule because of cash crops.

6. Lots of construction following fires that ravaged the city led to the architectural style

that is evidence of Spanish rule in New Orleans today.

7. Acadians settled in Louisiana because they were forced out of Canada during the French

and Indian War.

8. Smuggling in colonial Louisiana decreased in the late 1700s because Pinckney’s Treaty

opened trade with the new United States.

9. Spain helped the American colonies fight the British in the American Revolution to take

Florida back from Britain if the Americans won.

10. Be able to write a well organized answer to the following:

How did Spanish rule in Louisiana differ from French rule?