The french founded the city of New Orleans in 1718
New Orleans, Louisiana, is a French port that was founded in 1718. The port city in question was established under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (Feb. 23, 1680-March 7, 1767) of Montreal, New France. It was selected because of its high-ground access to the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River.
Sieur de Bienville founded New Orleans in 1718
The port city of New Orleans was founded in 1718 by the French Mississsippi Company, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.For more information, click on the relatedlink listed below:
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New Orleans was founded in 1718.
Yes in 1718 and later the Spanish.
France is given credit for the founding of New Orleans in 1718. It became a world renown city in history.
La Nouvelle-Orleans on May 7, 1718
Mobile was founded in 1702 and New Orleans in 1718.
Samuel De Champlain founded Port Royal in 1603.
The Texas settlement by Mexico began as missions about 1690 and San Antonio was founded in 1718.