History

French Colonial Louisiana
The period of French colonial control of Louisiana dates from 1682 to 1800.
The period of French colonial control of Louisiana dates from 1682 to 1800.
John Law was the architect of the plan to consolidate French colonial trading companies, including those in Louisiana, into a single monopoly, the Company of the Indies.
This biographical entry covers Marc-Antoine Caillot, a young clerk sent to Louisiana by the French Company of the Indies, who chronicled his journey to and experiences in Louisiana between 1729 and 1731.
The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso secretly transferred control of colonial Louisiana from Spain to France.
Women constituted a valuable asset in colonial Louisiana.
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