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28 cards·by mrmillet2016
casket girls
young women who came to Louisiana in 1728 to become wives of the settlers; the young women
brought their trousseaus in a casket, or a barrel
code noir
a set of laws governing the conduct of the slaves during the French colonial period
plantation
a large estate or farm
slave
a person who is bound to a life of service to others and who is considered property
mississippi bubble
the collapse of the French investment company, the Company of the West
land grant
a parcel of land given to the directors of the Company of the West under the condition that they
bring settlers to the colony
Superior council
a group existing during the French colonial period that was in charge of judicial matters and
was presided over by the commissary commission
proprietorship
a system that gave an individual a charter (or contract) to operate a colony as a business
colony
a group of people who settle in a distant land but who still keeps their ties to their to their
native land
calumet
a peace pipe
pirogue
a dugout made by Native Americans and the French; cypress logs were partially burned and the
burned section scraped out
clan
a group of people who believe themselves related by blood
TOTEM
a tribal symbol; an animal
TREATY
a formal agreement between two or more nations
TRIBE
a group of people who share a common ancestry
IMMUNITY
natural resistance to disease
TEMPLE MOUND
a mound built by prehistoric Indians and used for religious ceremonies
Superior council
a group existing during the French colonial period that was in charge of judicial matters and
was presided over by the commissary commission
proprietorship
a system that gave an individual a charter (or contract) to operate a colony as a business
colony
a group of people who settle in a distant land but who still keeps their ties to their to their
native land
calumet
a peace pipe
pirogue
a dugout made by Native Americans and the French; cypress logs were partially burned and the
burned section scraped out
clan
a group of people who believe themselves related by blood
TOTEM
a tribal symbol; an animal
TREATY
a formal agreement between two or more nations
TRIBE
a group of people who share a common ancestry
IMMUNITY
natural resistance to disease
TEMPLE MOUND
a mound built by prehistoric Indians and used for religious ceremonies