Chapter 3 Section 1 and 2 Test

Sieur de la Salle, mouth, settlement

A French explorer, Sieur _____ ______________, reached the ________________ of the Mississippi River on April 9, 1682, and established a _____________________ in this area.

Colonial Wars

A series of -------------------- were generated as the settlements moved inland and the nations started claiming the same territory.

Mexico, trading

Although the river flowed south to ___________________, not west to China, Marquette and Joliet returned to Canada with a glowing description of both the __________________ potential and the strategic importance of the river.

Coastline of North America

As long as these European Colonies were located along the fringes or on the ---------------------------------, there was minimal contact or rivalry among the nations.

lost, Mississippi, English

Because Spain _____________ the war, Spanish Florida was transferred to England, and _____________________ [present state] passed from French to ______________ control.

round, King of Spain, 1492

Christoper columbus thought the world was --------- and he persuaded the ----------- to provide him with three ships for his historic voyage in ------.

correct

Christoper was ---------- in his belief the world was round.

Northern Hemisphere, New World

Christopher did not know about the ---------------, which the Europeans would call the -------------------

three, occupy and control, water way

Consequently, all _________________ nations attempted to _________________ and __________________ that lengthy ____________________.

Failed

De Soto ------------- to find any treasure, the souther woodlands were undisturbed for another 130 years

even greater riches, inca

De Soto dreamed of leading his own expedition and finding --------------- than those found among the --------------- peoples of South America.

desirable, river, fur trade

Fort Maurepas did not prove to be a ____________________ capital for the Louisiana Province because it was not located on a _________________ and did not provide access to the interiors where the French hoped to develop ___________ _________________ with the Indians.

capitol of the Louisiana Province

Fort Maurepas, on the east side of Biloxi Bay, served as the _________________ of the __________________ ______________________ for a short time.

Spain, Indian, England

France and ________________, with their _________________ allies, declared war against _________________, which also had some allies among American Indians.

Fort Louis

In 1701, the capital was moved to ____________ _______________ on Mobile Bay.

challenge, English, Westward, Atlanta, Mississippi

In the 1740s, the French were also facing a new __________________ from the _________________, who were moving ____________________ and pressing their claim to land between the __________________ Ocean and the ___________________ River.

mississippi, factor, enterprises

It soon became apparent to the governments of France, Spain, and England that the _____________________ River would be an important _________________ in the success of their colonial _____________________.

realization, river, barrier, expansion of the English

Just as important was their ______________________ that the great ______________ could serve as a __________________ to block the western ____________________ of the __________________ colonies from the Atlantic Coast.

trade and commerce

More profit could be made from ----------------------- and ---------------------- with the colonies that could be established in this vast land that Columbus had discovered

founded by the French, New Orleans, a port

One of the important sites ____________________ by the __________________ in the New World was ____________ __________________, a ______________ they established in 1718 near the mouth of the Mississippi River.

French, riches of the Orient

The ------------------- were more interested in finding a shortcut across the New World to the ---------------------- than they were in establishing colonies.

spain, france, and england

The Great Powers of Europe were -------------,--------------------,---------------.

not silver and gold

The great powers of Europe eventually realized that the real treasures of the New World were -------------------------------.

east, New Orleans

The only French territory _________ of the Mississippi River that was not ceded to England was the city of _________ __________________, which France gave to Spain.

claims, same, war, nations

The overlapping ______________ to the ____________ territory would inevitably lead to ___________ among the three great ________________ of Europe.

empire, French and Indian

The three-way struggle for a colonial ________________ in North America culminated in the _______________ and ________________ War of 1754 - 1763.

Treaty of Paris

The war was settled by the _________________ of _______________ of 1763.

separation, children, freed, citizens

These laws prohibited the ___________________ of husbands and wives; _________________ under fourteen years old could not be separated from their mothers; and, slaves who were _______________ by their owners became naturalized French __________________ with all the rights and privileges of Frenchmen.

European Powers, United States

These wars would ultimately result in the removal of the --------------------- from North America and the emergence of the ------------------------.

Mississippi

They soon found the river that the Indians called the "-----".

European Period or Colonial Period

This Expedition was the beginning of what historians call the ----------, of American History.

interior

This would give the French control over much of the _________________ of this great continent.

Spain, west

To _______________, its ally during the war, France gave all of its land ____________ of the Mississippi.

ceded, England

Under the terms of this treaty, France ______________ all of its land in North America east of the Mississippi River to _________________.

Natchez

Up the river from New Orleans was another French river town --- called __________________.

Land ownership, Natchez, drive

When the French claimed the right of private ___________ ___________________ and established large plantations, the _______________ [Indians] were determined to ____________ them from their tribal lands.

The Great Powers of Europe

Who was locked in a two year struggle to control the New World?

European, French, control of the MS river, trade

____________________ nations were just beginning to understand how large North America was, and the __________________ realized quickly that ________________ of the ______________________ River would open up a vast ______________ area.

Prince Henry the Navigator

conducted a special school in Portugal for seamen and explores and helped launch the Great Age of Exploration

Christopher Columbus

has studied geography and cartography in Portugal under Prince Henry

Hernando de Soto

led a Spanish expedition in the early 1540s and trekked across the land that would become the state of mississippi.

Father Jaques Marquette and Louis Joliet

sent by French Governor of Canada to find and explore the river that was said to have "lost itself in the great sea".