Peoples of Louisiana

6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h. Natchez Indians
Both French and British colonists sought alliances with the Natchez Indians, an American Indian group with settlements along the Lower Mississippi River.
Both French and British colonists sought alliances with the Natchez Indians, an American Indian group with settlements along the Lower Mississippi River.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, several expeditions explored the area that would later become known as Louisiana.
In colonial Louisiana free people of color developed thriving communities and had access to privileges that enslaved people did not.
The Treaty of Fontainebleau shifted ownership of western Louisiana and New Orleans from France to Spain during the French and Indian War.
The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso traded the colony of Louisiana from Spain back to France and played a role in the events that led to the Louisiana Purchase.
When forced by a French commander to leave their village, Natchez men responded by attacking the French settlement of Fort Rosalie.
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