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| By the 1750s, the french had pushed into the Ohio R Valley, seeking control of __ trade there. The ___ were eyeing the same territory |
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| The British gov wanted the __ trade, and its colonists wanted the __ |
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| When the British tried to __ their claims to the area in 1754, the French reacted. This conflict resulted in the __ and __ war. |
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| The fighting ended in NA in 1760, but a settlement was not signed until __. The French lost Canada and all French territory east of the ___ R to Great Britian. Spain traded ___ to Great Britian in return for Cuba, which the British had captured during the war. |
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| The new colony would be very ___ for Spain to operate. Even so, Spain ___ the colony. LA would serve as a ___ and keep the British away from the Spanish ___mines in N Mexicos |
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| The french and indian war also brought new ___ to LA |
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| The ____ were exiles from French Acadia, which had become the british nova scotia in 1713. In 1755, early in the French and Indian War, a British officer claimed these farmers were enemies because the refused to take an ___ __ ___ to the British Protestant king. |
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| The British ___ the acadians from their land |
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| After the tragic events of this journey and the years following, some acadians made their way to __. The first group arrived in ___. |
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| Today La is home to the ___ of these hardy people. |
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| The transfer of LA to Spain was kept ___ from the colonists while French officials waited for the arrival of the Spanish. This situation lasted for almost __ years. |
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| Finally, on September 30, 1764, the French government officially ___ the transfer of the colony to Spain. |
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| The news had already begun to leak out, and the colonist were very ___ about the betrayal by their country. |
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| The Spanish gov sent Antonio __ ___ to LA as its gov. His quiet manner and low-key style were not ___ with these people who did not accept his ___. |
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| By Oct. 28, 1768, an ___ mob had gathered in NO |
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| The ___ came b/c they wanted to be paid for the produce purchased from their farms. |
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| The ___ came b/c Ulloa had forced some of them to settle near ___, instead of allowing them to join relatives near St. ___. |
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| Ulloa could do little to stop the ___. The governor took his family and __ the city on the only Spanish ___ at the dock. |
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| The Spanish considered the colonists' actions to be ___. |
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| The ___ colony must be regained and controlled. A strong and forceful military leader- ____ ____-was selected for this assignment. |
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| O'Reilly dealt with the rebellious colony as the king ___. Anyone who was not willing to take the ___ had to leave the colony. |
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| O'Reilly was also charged with ___ French Power and French ___ from the now-Spanish colony. |
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| He organized the ___ and the ___ according to Spanish colonial policies. |
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| O'Reilly used the Spanish colonial law as the ___ for the LA. |
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| He replaced the French Superior Council with the Spanish ___. This group functioned as a town ___ and as a court of ___. |
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| O'Reilly selected the members of the first ___. Later, in the accepted Spanish custom, the positions were ___. |
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| O'Reilly intended to stop the British ___ b/c this was against Spanish colonial law. |
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| O'Reilly then ordered a ___ to provide the detailed info required by Spain |
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| An official ___ was appointed to measure and mark off boundary lines to establish land ownership. |
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| Lois de Unzaga y Amezaga had been sent with O'Reilly to become ___ once the colony was under control. |
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| But Unzaga overlooked the Spanish ___ laws and allowed British merchants to set up shop in NO. This trade and the sound of Spanish coin money ___ the colonial economy. |
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| The possibility of ___ made loyal colonist in LA essential. The Spanish gov looked for a group of loyal spanish ___. |
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| The ___- came to LA beginning in1777 |
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| The Islenos had also been brought to LA to join the ____. |
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| The ____ ____ began in April 1775 when "the shot heard round the world" was fired in Lexington, Massachusetts |
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| Spain was ___ to see its old enemy GB in trouble. |
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| THe spanish ___ supported the Am with supplies from NO |
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| In 1777, Spain named ____ ___ ____ as the next colonial gov of LA |
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| Galvez had to aid the Am in secret as long as Spain remained officially ___. |
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| In 1779, Spain ___ the war. Spain joined france in the war against the British, butdid not become an ___ of the Am as France had. |
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| The spanish would not directly support the Am b/c they would not agree to stay btw the ___ ocean and the ___ mountains |
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| Soon, Galvez received orders to force the British from the ___ R, _____ and Pensacola. |
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| To stop the British, Galvez organized a force of Spanish soldiers and local ____. |
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| On March 9, 1781, the Spanish began a ____ of Fort George, surrounding the fort and preventing supplies from reaching it. |
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| Losing these forts and the Gulf of Mexico kept the British from making furthur attacks in the ___. |
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| When the war ended, Spain was rewarded with much of the territory it wanted in the ___ __ ___ of 1783. ___ became Spanish again. |
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| Esteban Rodriguez ___ had to deal with the problems caused by the war. |
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| Miro faced major problems with the ___ ___. |
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| After the war's end, Am settlers pushed toward ___ territory. Spain tried to ___ this expansion by encouraging the ___ to stop Am from taking their ____. |
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Like the French, the Spanish often did not send enough ___ to proovide for all of the colony's needs. Like many other LA colonial governors, Miro had to make ___ choices.
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| The spanish allowed the Am to come to LA but expected them to be ___ to Spain. |
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| In 1788, a fired destroyed ___ homes and left 1000 people homeless. The loss of stored food threatened a ___. The colonial gov was also __ by the fire. |
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| Spanish trade laws had been ___ during Gov Miro's term, but Carondelet went further by allowing ___ trade with the US |
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| Reports of the 1789 ___ ___ spread across the Atlantic. The French heritage of many colonist ___ them to the people of France. They were also attracted to the ideas of ___ b/c they had lived far from the king for several generations. |
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| Without access to the river, the farmers could not get their __ to a port |
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| According to the terms of ___ treat, the Am gained free navigation of the river. This agreement was called the ___ __ ___. |
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| Le Moniteur de la Louisiane, the first ___ in the colony, began in 1794. It was printed in ___ even though the colony was now Spanish. The culture as well as the _____ of the colony continued to be more French than Spanish. |
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| The colonies economy improved when ___ ___ became a profitable crop. |
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