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Ch. 6 Early Explorers Today is October 25, 2010
Mr. Es Monday Louisiana History Class
The French From 1673
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Oct. 25, 1769 Bloody" O'Reilly executes rebels
who ousted Ulloa to hang but no hangman, they
were shot instead.
66. Analyze how a given historical figure
influenced or changed the course of Louisianas
history  (H-1A-M3)
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Constructive response
In Louisiana the legislative branch is called the
General Assembly. It has two houses. The senate
has 39 members. The House has 105 members. They
met each spring.

1. How many houses are in the Legislature?
2. How many members are in the senate?
3. How many members are in the House of
   Representatives?
4. Name the other two branches of Louisianas
   government.

• What geographic feature most influenced the rise
  of all of these early civilizations?
• What sea is the Roman Empire developed around?

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Ch. 6 The French Fact 1

• The French wanted to expand their territory by
  looking for what was the Northwest Passage. In
  1673, fur trader Louis Joliet and Father
  Marquette set out from Quebec to explore the
  great river the Indians had been talking about.
  They made it down the river to where the Arkansas
  meets with the Mississippi.

66. Analyze how a given historical figure
influenced or changed the course of Louisianas
history  (H-1A-M3)
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Ch. 6 The French Fact 2
In 1682 La Salle, seeking a trade route for the
transportation of heavy skins, descended the
Mississippi to its mouth. This was the first time
that the entire course of the "Father of Waters"
had been traversed by a white man.
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Ch. 6 The French Fact 3
On April 9, 1682 on the shore near the mouth, he
erected a cross bearing the shield of France, and
took possession of "this country for Louisiana"
from "the mouth down the river Mississippi, and
the rivers which discharge themselves there into,
from its source . . . as far as its mouth. . .
are claimed by King Louis XIV.
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Ch. 6 The French Fact 4
Louisiana means Land of Louis. A Catholic
priest celebrated mass with prayers and
songs in Latin. LaSalle was later given rights
to a second trip to the Land of Louis.
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Ch. 6 The French Fact 5
LaSalles second trip was a failure and ended
near Galveston Bay. The lost
colonists had missed the Mississippi River and
were worried and frustrated. They later mutinied
and murdered LaSalle. His dreams ended in a
nightmare of disaster.
66. Analyze how a given historical figure
influenced or changed the course of Louisianas
history  (H-1A-M3)
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Ch. 6 The French Fact 6
LaSalle never did establish a colony in
Louisiana. When word of France's claim to the
Mississippi River made its way to other European
countries they began to worry. King Louis knew he
had to establish a fort in the area to guard the
new claim.
66. Analyze how a given historical figure
influenced or changed the course of Louisianas
history  (H-1A-M3)
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Ch. 6 The French Fact 7
Pierre Iberville and Jean Baptiste Bienville
(only 18) were chosen for the mission. The
brothers would leave their mark on Louisiana
history forever. Their father had been governor
of Quebec Canada. Their first stop was the
Spanish fort at Pensacola, from there they headed
for Ship Island in Biloxi Bay.
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Ch. 6 The French Fact 8
From Ship Island they made their way to the
Mississippi River where they landed on
March 3,1699. The date was important because it
was Mardi Gras day back in France. The Indians
told of the Speaking Bark left by another
Frenchman in 1685. It was a letter from Tonti. It
had been 17 years but the letter let them know
they were on the river.
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Ch. 6 The French Fact 9
The site made a poor choice for a fort to protect
the river. The Gulf coast made a better harbor.
They completed a fort near the present day of
Biloxi and named it Fort Maurepas to honor a
French government official.
66. Analyze how a given historical figure
influenced or changed the course of Louisianas
history  (H-1A-M3)
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Ch. 6 The French Fact 10
Iberville then returned to France for more
supplies, soldiers, and settlers. His requests
were refused. Bienville began to explore the
river. He got supplies from the Spanish at
Pensacola in 1701. Iberville never returned to
the colony, dying in Havana from yellow fever
1702.