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One unique characteristic of the French colony of Louisiana is that it was named after King Louis. Hence the name LOUISiana. The first Louisiana legal code was written in French. It is the only state that based its laws on French and Spanish legal codes. All other states are based on the common law and thus the law in Louisiana is vastly different than the law in all the other states in the US.
Both... it was first a French colony, was then transferred over to Spain, and then transfrerred back to French in 1800 in the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso.I am pretty sure it was a french colony. France gained Louisiana and then sold it later on to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. In case you didn't know the Louisiana Purchase was bought for approximately 15 million dollars.
Who was the explorer that had the first French settlement in South Carolina and what was the name of the settlement?
No, the thirteen original colony's are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
The Roanoke Colony.
The surviving colony of Roanoke was not the first colony. The settlement of Jamestown was the first successful European settlement.
The first European settlement in Australia was a penal colony.
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One unique characteristic of the French colony of Louisiana is that it was named after King Louis. Hence the name LOUISiana. The first Louisiana legal code was written in French. It is the only state that based its laws on French and Spanish legal codes. All other states are based on the common law and thus the law in Louisiana is vastly different than the law in all the other states in the US.
Both... it was first a French colony, was then transferred over to Spain, and then transfrerred back to French in 1800 in the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso.I am pretty sure it was a french colony. France gained Louisiana and then sold it later on to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. In case you didn't know the Louisiana Purchase was bought for approximately 15 million dollars.
Who was the explorer that had the first French settlement in South Carolina and what was the name of the settlement?
Plymouth.
No, the thirteen original colony's are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
The Roanoke Colony.
The first permanent French settlement was in France.
Baton Rouge is the capital city of Louisiana
The first permanent French settlement in North America was Tadoussac, Quebec, settled in 1600. Quebec City was founded in 1608.