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Chapter 7: Spanish Louisiana


Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
In which conflict did France lose all of  its land holdings in North America?
a.
Revolutionary War
b.
War of Jenkins’s Ear
c.
French and Indian War
d.
War of the Spanish Succession
 

 2. 
What body served as town council and court of law during the Spanish colonial period?
a.
Balize
b.
Cabildo
c.
Depositoire
d.
Superior Council
 

 3. 
What treaty transferred Louisiana from France to Spain?
a.
Fontainebleau
b.
Paris of 1763
c.
Paris of 1783
d.
Versailles
 

 4. 
Which Spanish governor of Louisiana has been described as a reserved scientist, quiet, low-keyed, and noted scholar?
a.
Alejandro O’Reilly
b.
Antonio de Ulloa
c.
Francisco Bouligny
d.
Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga
 

 5. 
Which explains why the Louisiana colonists were angry with Governor Ulloa?
a.
He passed a law that ended the slave trade.
b.
He passed a law that implemented Spanish trade laws.
c.
He passed a law that restricted travel except for expanding business.
d.
He passed a law that made the Catholic Church the official church of the colony.
 

 6. 
Who was the governor of Louisiana during the American Revolution?
a.
Bernardo de Gálvez
b.
Esteban Miro
c.
Luis di Unzaga y Amezaga
d.
Oliver Pollock
 

 7. 
What hindered the military movement of the Spanish in the Gulf of Mexico during the American Revolution?
a.
hurricanes
b.
unsafe harbors
c.
unseaworthy ships
d.
superior British navy
 
 
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 8. 
How is the location marked on the map related to the popularity of Governor Ulloa with Louisiana’s colonists in the 1760s?
a.
Ulloa refused to rebuild the area after it was destroyed in a hurricane.
b.
Governor Ulloa angered colonists when he forced many of  them to relocate to the Mississippi Delta.
c.
Fort Balize was a great distance from most of the colonial population, yet Ulloa used it for many important events.
d.
Ulloa set up an aquatic tollbooth to collect money from merchants exporting goods to countries other than Spain.
 

 9. 
What is marked by the black dot?
a.
Cabildo
b.
Fort Balize
c.
New Orleans
d.
Superior Council
 

 10. 
Which explains why the Louisiana colony was a low priority for the Spanish after they acquired the territory from the French in 1762?
a.
Spain was busy fighting England in the American Revolution.
b.
Spain knew that the colony had been a financial disaster for France.
c.
Spanish leaders were occupied with the slave revolt in Saint-Domingue.
d.
French colonists in Louisiana attacked Spanish ships to show their dissatisfaction with the shift in power.
 

 11. 
Which explains why Ulloa hesitated to take formal control of the Louisiana colony?
a.
a smallpox outbreak and few medical supplies
b.
language barriers and an unwelcoming population
c.
a limited number of  troops and an unwelcoming population
d.
conflicts with Native American groups and a smallpox outbreak
 

 12. 
Which body did Governor Ulloa allow to continue to assist in governing the Louisiana colony?
a.
Cabildo
b.
Judicial Branch
c.
Parliament
d.
Superior Court
 

 13. 
How is the French Superior Council related to the Revolt of 1768?
a.
Council members sold Louisiana to the Spanish.
b.
Council members provided weapons to dissatisfied citizens.
c.
Council members encouraged citizens to openly rebel against Spanish rule.
d.
Council members charged citizens who participated with treason and had them sentenced to death.
 

 14. 
Which explains how Etienne de Boré affected the sugar industry in Louisiana?
a.
He made sugar production profitable.
b.
He discouraged planters from raising sugar cane.
c.
His farming methods doubled the crop potential for one field.
d.
His high volume of sugar production flooded the market and lowered the price.
 

 15. 
North America After the French and Indian War
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Which statement summarizes the map’s information about land claims in North America at the end of Britain’s war with France in the French and Indian War?
a.
France’s history in Louisiana allowed it to maintain control of large amounts of territory after the war.
b.
The British gained control of most of North America with little French territory remaining.
c.
France’s territory after the war gave the country many ports for trade in the New World.
d.
Spain was free to claim much of North America since the French lost much territory.
 

 16. 
Which of the following reasons caused Spain to want to take possession of Louisiana from the French?
a.
to end Acadian migration into Louisiana territory
b.
to gain control of Fort Toulouse in north of Mobile
c.
to protect their land claims in Mexico from the British
d.
to connect their Canadian holdings with their other territories
 

 17. 
Who did Spain support during the French and Indian War?
a.
Britain
b.
Canada
c.
France
d.
United States
 

 18. 
Why was Spain willing to take control of Louisiana even though the colony had not been profitable for France?
a.
to sell it to the British at a profit
b.
to end the French and Indian War
c.
to protect their Mexican silver mines
d.
to expand their west coast land holdings
 

 19. 
What were the conflicting goals of France and England in the 1750s that eventually led to war?
a.
Britain wanted to control the fur trade while France wanted to expand to the west.
b.
Britain wanted to expand to the west while France wanted more control of the east coast.
c.
France wanted to link Louisiana and New France while the British wanted to control the Mississippi River.
d.
France wanted to control the fur trade and link their land holdings while the British wanted to expand to the west.
 

 20. 
What was one way the Spanish tried to reduce the cost of maintaining the Louisiana colony?
a.
They sold Louisiana’s Native Americans as slaves to southern plantation owners.
b.
They tried to make existing French government structures work with Spanish laws.
c.
They allowed the colonists to govern themselves if they agreed to pay Spanish taxes.
d.
They allowed the colonists to continue their established trade practices to avoid conflict.
 

 21. 
How did O’Reilly’s arrival in Louisiana differ from Ulloa’s?
a.
The colonists welcomed him warmly.
b.
The colonists rioted and demanded he leave.
c.
He spent time in the Mississippi River Delta.
d.
Spain provided a great show of military support.
 
 
Use the picture to answer the next question(s).
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 22. 
What historic landmark is shown in the picture?
a.
Cabildo
b.
Capital Building
c.
Governor’s Mansion
d.
St. Louis Cathedral
 

 23. 
It what way does this building represent Louisiana’s cultural history?
a.
It is used as the Governor’s mansion.
b.
It is the home of the Creole Historical Society.
c.
It was built as a replica of colonial style architecture.
d.
It combines Spanish arches with a French Mansard roof.
 

 24. 
What was known as Code O’Reilly?
a.
the Cabildo
b.
Creole folk song
c.
password for trading with the British
d.
new laws based on Spanish Laws of the Indies
 

 25. 
What was Alejandro O’Reilly’s primary focus as Governor of the Louisiana colony?
a.
developing more regular trade practices
b.
establishing Catholicism as the accepted religion
c.
establishing a large military presence to stop British migration
d.
relocating Native Americans to reservations to open more farm land
 

 26. 
Read the passage and then answer the next question.

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Which elaborates on Unzaga’s recommendation in the passage?
a.
They could then send their family’s money back to Spain.
b.
This would allow them to eliminate French bloodlines and customs.
c.
This would assist in their assimilation and acceptance with the colonists.
d.
They could then encourage the most wealthy French families to return to France.
 

 27. 
How did Gálvez’s economic approach differ from Ungaza?
a.
Gálvez encouraged British trade while Ungaza considered it treason.
b.
Ungaza was laissez-faire about British trade while Gálvez regulated it with taxes.
c.
Gálvez actively worked to control trade while Ungaza was laissez-faire in this economic approach.
d.
Ungaza legalized British trade while Gálvez worked hard to eject British traders from their role in the economy.
 

 28. 
Which was a direct result of the French and Indian War?
a.
The French lost the Louisiana colony.
b.
The Spanish doubled their Canadian territory.
c.
The British lost control of the thirteen colonies.
d.
The British gained control of the Louisiana colony.
 
 
Use the map to answer the next question(s).

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 29. 
Why did Governor Gálvez lead military actions against the forts and outposts at Pensacola, Mobile, Baton Rouge, and Manchac in the 1770s?
a.
to give Spain control of the Atlantic coastal waters and the Gulf of Mexico
b.
to allow for easier attack on the 13 British colonies in North America
c.
to weaken the British forces during the French and Indian war
d.
to give Spain control of several important harbors
 

 30. 
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How is this statue related to Louisiana’s history?
a.
She is a symbol of the Acadians and their migration to Louisiana.
b.
She memorializes the daughter of a wealthy Louisiana landowner.
c.
She is a symbol of the women who worked in the suffrage movement.
d.
She is a representation of the womens’ liberation movement in Louisiana.
 



 
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