Geography

Freeman and Custis Expedition
An American effort to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory was hindered by a log jam on the Red River and two hundred Spanish troops.
An American effort to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory was hindered by a log jam on the Red River and two hundred Spanish troops.
The era of French control over Louisiana was marked by many challenges, including hurricanes and conflicts with Native American groups like the Natchez.
The period of French colonial control of Louisiana dates from 1682 to 1800.
The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 added an immense, undefined amount of territory to the United States.
As the highest French civilian official in Louisiana, Pierre Clement de Laussat ceded control of the territory to the United States as a result of the Louisiana Purchase.
Spain governed the colony of Louisiana for nearly four decades, from 1763 through March 1803, returning it to France for a few months until the Louisiana Purchase conveyed it to the United States in 1803.
By the end of Spanish rule, Louisiana was a stable colonial outpost.
The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso secretly transferred control of colonial Louisiana from Spain to France.
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.
The Florida Parishes were not included in the Louisiana Purchase but were under Spanish control.
William Charles Cole Claiborne was the first territorial and state governor of Louisiana in its transitional years from the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 to statehood in 1812.
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