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Lousiana
France claimed the territory of Louisiana as a colony, but that territory was far larger than the present-day state of Louisiana. Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa at least were all wholly in French Louisiana.
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state in the US with French influence, due to its history as a French colony. French culture, language, and cuisine have had a significant impact on Louisiana's identity.
The main reason is that people of French-language origin have immigrated to the U.S. Also, The Louisiana Territory was once a colony of France.
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There are fifteen US states that were wholly or in part part of french colonies. These states were part of the Louisiana territory that the US purchased in 1804 from the French government. The current states that once had territory in the Louisiana territory include: Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
There has never been any French colonies in the US. There were large areas of North America which were French colonies which became a part of the US.
it once was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
French Guiana isn't an independent country, but is not a colony. The UN considers the French overseas départements as being decolonized, and removed them from the list of non-self-governing territories (you can draw a parallel here with Alaska, formerly considered as a colony, but now a state within the US).In contrast, Gibraltar, the Falklands Islands, the US Virgin Is., the British Virgin is., are French Polynesia, are still listed as colonies (link below)