Government, Politics & Law
6.10 a.-f. Spanish Colonial Louisiana
By the end of Spanish rule, Louisiana was a stable colonial outpost.
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6.10 a.–b. Acadians in Colonial Louisiana
The Acadians, ancestors of present-day Cajuns, were people of French ancestry who settled in what is now Canada before migrating to Louisiana.
6.10 a.–d. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville, served as governor of Louisiana and founded the city of New Orleans.
6.10 a.–d. French Colonial Louisiana
The era of French control over Louisiana was marked by many challenges, including hurricanes and conflicts with Native American groups like the Natchez.
Peoples of Louisiana
6.10 b. Isleños
Known today as Isleños, Canary Islanders migrated to southeast Louisiana in the late eighteenth century.
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6.10 d. Alejandro O'Reilly
Alejandro O’Reilly served as the second Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1769 to 1770.
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6.10 d. The Code Noir
The Code Noir provided rules for how colonists treated enslaved people as well as how people of European and African ancestry interacted in French colonial Louisiana.
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6.10. d. Napoleonic Code (French Civil Code)
France’s Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law and became a model legal framework around the world, including in Louisiana.
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6.11 j. Bernardo de Gálvez
Bernardo de Gálvez, the fourth governor of Spanish Louisiana, is best known for leading Louisiana militia troops against the British during the American Revolution.
Peoples of Louisiana
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h. Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
The Chitimacha Tribe is the only federally recognized tribe in Louisiana to still occupy part of its ancestral territory.
Peoples of Louisiana
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h. Houma Nation
In the eighteenth century Houma people established trade and political relationships with French and Spanish colonists. In the twentieth century Houmas unified their community and successfully struggled for political recognition.
Peoples of Louisiana
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h. Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
The Tunica people, skilled traders and entrepreneurs who engaged with French colonists in the eighteenth century, merged with several other historical Louisiana tribes in the twentieth century.
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