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.
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 1802, returning it to France for a few months until the Louisiana Purchase conveyed it to the United States in 1803.
The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso secretly transferred control of colonial Louisiana from Spain to France.
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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