Louisiana.
France colony in North America was called New France. It spanned a large part of nowadays Canada, and a good part of the central eastern states of the US down to Louisiana.
The Louisiana purchase from France in 1803 doubled the territorial size of the US. Napoleon offered for sale the huge territory called the Louisiana Territory.
New France was the term describing the French possessions in North America: Louisiana, Québec and Acadia. New France was ceded to Britain after the Seven Years War (a.k.a. the French and Indian War) by the Treaty of Paris (1763).
In 1762 ceded what came to be called the Louisiana Territory to Spain in return for their help during the French and Indian wars. In 1800 my sources tell me that Spain gave or sold the territory back to France. In turn France sold it to the U.S. in 1803. I do not know how or why the transfer in 1800 was done. In writing a small history project, I would like to find how that transfer was made, and why. Any help? Dolores Dambach songbird71@toast.net France got control of the Louisiana Territory with the signing of the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800. - G Oakley
Jefferson purchased "Louisiana" from France in 1803.
Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana in what is now called the Louisiana purchase
Louisiana was a French colony in Colonial American History. It was eventually bought from France in what is called "The Louisiana Purchase," which also includes much of the land north of Louisiana. So in short the reason why Louisiana speaks Fench is because they are French.
Louisiana became a state on April 30, 1812. It became the 18th state of the country.
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana.
Louisiana.
The territory called Louisiana. It comprised following nowadays States: Part of Louisiana, Part of Texas, Part of New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Parto of Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Part of North Dakota, Part of Minnesota Part of Montana.
The Louisiana Purchase.
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The deal was called the Louisiana Purchase.
Louisiana.