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Name ______________________ Class ____________________ Date __________________
A"Place"Called"Mississippi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Chapter!3!*!2! Page!1!of!5
GUIDED READING
A Place Called Mississippi
Chapter 3: The European Period, 1540 - 1798
Section 2
French Exploration and the Louisiana Province, 1673 - 1763
Directions:
Use the information from pages 75 - 81 to complete the
following.
1. The ___________________ were more interested in finding a shortcut across the New
World to the __________________ of the Orient than they were in establishing
_____________________.
2. After hearing Indian tales about a great river that "lost itself in the great sea," the
French governor of Canada sent Father Jacques ____________________ and Louis
_________________ to _______________ and __________________ the river.
3. They soon found the river that the Indians called the "________________________."
4. 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 _____________________ importance of the
river.
5. _____________________ 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.
6. Just as important was their ______________________ that the great ______________
could serve as a __________________ to block the western ____________________
of the __________________ colonies from the Atlantic Coast.
Name ______________________ Class ____________________ Date __________________
A"Place"Called"Mississippi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Chapter!3!*!2! Page!2!of!5
7. A French explorer, Sieur _____ ______________, reached the ________________ of
the Mississippi River on April 9, 1682, and established a _____________________ in
this area.
8. This would give the French control over much of the _________________ of this great
continent.
9. 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 _____________________.
10. Consequently, all _________________ nations attempted to _________________ and
__________________ that lengthy ____________________.
11. One of the important sites ____________________ by the __________________ in
the New World was ____________ __________________, a ______________ they
established in 1718 near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
12. Up the river from New Orleans was another French river town ––– called
__________________.
13. Fort Maurepas, on the east side of Biloxi Bay, served as the _________________ of
the __________________ ______________________ for a short time.
14. 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.
15. In 1701, the capital was moved to ____________ _______________ on Mobile Bay.
Name ______________________ Class ____________________ Date __________________
A"Place"Called"Mississippi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Chapter!3!*!2! Page!3!of!5
16. When the capital was moved __________________ was appointed
____________________ of the Louisiana Province.
17. In order to make ________________ and ___________________ on the lower
Mississippi River _____________ from Indian attacks, Bienville led a detachment of
soldiers against the __________________ Indians for killing some Canadian traders.
18. Bienville eventually _____________________ a settlement with the Natchez chiefs.
19. They agreed not only to surrender the _________________ tribesmen but also to
provide building _____________________ for a fort on the high bluffs at the Natchez
landing.
20. In 1716, Fort ________________ was completed and became one of the ___________
centers of French activity in the Louisiana Province.
21. _________ __________________ was selected as the capital in 1722.
22. When the capital was moved from the Gulf Coast to New Orleans, the Louisiana
Province was separated into _____________ districts.
23. Three of those subdivisions ––– Biloxi, Yazoo, and Natchez Districts ––– were in the
territory that later became the ______________ of Mississippi.
24. When the French landowners moved to Louisiana from the Caribbean Islands, they
brought their _________________ with them.
25. As the slave population ____________________, Bienville found it necessary to
introduce special ____________ regarding the institution of ________________.
26. Those laws, known as the ____________ _____________ (which is French for "Black
Code"), were issued in 1724.
Name ______________________ Class ____________________ Date __________________
A"Place"Called"Mississippi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Chapter!3!*!2! Page!4!of!5
27. 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.
28. When the French claimed the right of private ___________ ___________________
and established large plantations, the _______________ [Indians] were determined to
____________ them from their tribal lands.
29. 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.
30. The overlapping ______________ to the ____________ territory would inevitably lead
to ___________ among the three great ________________ of Europe.
31. The three-way struggle for a colonial ________________ in North America culminated
in the _______________ and ________________ War of 1754 - 1763.
32. France and ________________, with their _________________ allies, declared war
against _________________, which also had some allies among American Indians.
33. The war was settled by the _________________ of _______________ of 1763.
34. Under the terms of this treaty, France ______________ all of its land in North America
east of the Mississippi River to _________________.
35. To _______________, its ally during the war, France gave all of its land ____________
of the Mississippi.
Name ______________________ Class ____________________ Date __________________
A"Place"Called"Mississippi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Chapter!3!*!2! Page!5!of!5
36. The only French territory _________ of the Mississippi River that was not ceded to
England was the city of _________ __________________, which France __________
to Spain.
37. Because Spain _____________ the war, Spanish Florida was transferred to England,
and _____________________ [present state] passed from French to
______________ control.
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