ms history 3

Cartography

the art and technique of making maps and charts

Hernando De Soto

was the governor of Cuba when he launched his massive expedition to explore the mainland of North American in 1539

Expedition

a journey for a specific purpose, such as exploration

Colonies

a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

Henri De Tonti

lost his right hand in an explosion while he was serving in the French Navy

Casquette Girls

one of perhaps 500 young women brought to the French colonies to marry single men, each was given a casquette (small suitcase) with a wedding dress and personal articles

Code Noir

a black code, a group of special french colonial laws regulating the institution of slavery

Treaty of Paris of 1763

the treaty that ended the French and Indian War. France gives up all possessions East of the MS River. Spain gives up possessions in Florida

Proclamation of 1763

temporarily prohibited immigration into the territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River

31' parallel

the original boundaries of British West Florida were the Mississippi river on the west, the Chattahoochee River on the East

32'28'parallel

were Vicksburg is located

Fire water

whiskey

Confluence

the flowing together of two bodies of water

Indigo

a plant from which blue dye could be obtained

Continental congress

the delegates who spoke and acted collectively for the colonies that later became the United States of America

Loyalists

colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain in the American Revolution

Treaty of Paris of 1783

the treaty that ended the American Revolution and recognized the thirteen colonies as an independent nation called the United States of America

Militia

a force of citizen soldiers

Treaty of San Lorenzo

a 1795 treaty between Spain and the United States under which Spain gave up claim to land north of the 31' parallel, Americans were allowed free navigation of the Mississippi River and the right of deposit in New Orleans, and Spain promised to help restrain Indians in Spanish Florida

Right of Deposit

privilege of depositing or storing goods in New Orleans, which goods could later be exported to Europe with out having to pay duties or taxes

Manuel Gayoso De Lemos

was appointed governor of the Natchez District in 1789

Robert de La Salle

he explored the Great Lakes region in 1682

La salle and Tonti expedition

sailed together with 22 men down the Mississippi River to Natchez, MS. Claimed that area for the king of france (King Louis 14)

D’Iberville and Bienville

found the first French Colony in Mississippi

Massacre at Ft. Rosalie

Natchez Indians attacked first
236 French Killed
300 Slaves freed
Bienville ordered soldiers from New Orleans
to destroy the Natchez Indians
Few Natchez went to live with the Choctaw

Bernardo de Galvez

attacked the Natchez District during american revolutionary war and captured it for Spain

1779 – 1795

spanish control of MS

Spanish Slave Code

1. Slaves were allowed to own firearms
2. Written permission to travel
3. Prohibited the separation of married
families
4. Children under 14 could not be sold
5. Allowed Slaves to have vegetable gardens
6. Permitted some freedoms – hunt, fish, grow
own food, worship, allowed to travel

Natchez District 1790

exporting over 3 million pounds of cotton, 1/6 of the total U.S. production of cotton. spain controlled it

1795 Pinckney’s Treaty

U.S. gains control of the Natchez District and the Right of Deposit in New Orleans

1798

U.S. took control of New Orleans

Steps a Territory must complete to become a State

1. President appoints a Territorial Governor, Secretary to the Governor, and 3 Judges to govern the territory

2.Once the population reaches 5,000 adult free men; these men elect a legislature to pass laws and a delegate to the US House of Representatives

3.After the population reaches 60,000 people excluding Indians that don’t own land and only counting 3/5 of slaves

The legislature writes a constitution and submits it to

congress, if congress approves = territory becomes a State