
"The Gulf Provided"
Jack E. Davis charts the history of the Gulf of Mexico
Jack E. Davis charts the history of the Gulf of Mexico
Bernardo de Galvez, the fourth governor of Spanish Louisiana, is best known for leading Louisiana militiamen against the British during the American Revolution.
The 1724 Code Noir of Louisiana was a means to control the behaviors of Africans, Native Americans, and free people of color.
Before the first colonial settlement in 1682, Spanish and French explorers visited the territory that would become Louisiana.
The period of French colonial control of Louisiana dates from 1682 to 1800.
In 1768, French creole merchants and planters rebelled against the imposition of Spanish rule.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville was a Canadian naval officer who, with his brother Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville, explored the lower Mississippi River Valley in 1699 and established the first permanent French settlement in Louisiana.
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, led two expeditions in search of the Mississippi Rivers outlet to the Gulf of Mexico for France under King Louis XIV.
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian soldier and explorer, is often described as the founder of the first permanent French settlement in Louisiana.
French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, is perhaps best known for giving the region and ultimately the state its name: Louisiana.
The Tunica tribe is one of only four Native American groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.
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