Bienville, Father of LA; creator of New Orleans; remained devoted to the colony until the end, Tonti, Close friend of LaSalle's; continued to search for him...never found him, Iberville, Older brother to Bienville; experienced; dies in the early colony days due to yellow fever, Crozat, Proprietor that never went to the LA colony; managed at a distance, Cadillac, Governor during the proprietary era; made things worse when he rejected the calumet, LaSalle, French explorer to claim LA for France; never found the mouth of the river on his return trip, Proprietorship, Type of colony in which a person is gifted a piece of land, Joint-stock, Type of colony in which people "buy in" to the colony, hoping to become rich, John Law, French leader who was corrupt; used propaganda to interest people in LA; fled France after it was over, Royal, Type of colony in which the king takes over the direction of the colony, Vaudreuil, French leader who amplified theatre, class, entertainment..., Casket girls, Women who could be married to French men; used trunks for their important items, Ursuline nuns, Women who could not be married to French men; sturdy, educated, stable, Kerlerec, French leader who was skilled in the military; one of the final royal colony leaders, Code Noir, Law code for slaves and masters, Natchez Massacre, Brutal event in which the French are killed by the natives, English Turn, Bluff/lie that Bienville tells the English; explains that he has troops waiting to attack if they don't turn around, Mississippi Bubble, Event in which the money given to the colony cannot be repaid; thus, the French people are upset and broke, Fort St. John Baptiste, Fort created along the Red River; away from the other forts, Fort Maurepas, First fort; created in Ocean Spring; replaced by Fort Louis, Fort Louis, Fort created in Mobile after Fort Maurepas, Fort Mississippi, Fort created after the English Turn incident

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