Louisian A Compilation Of French And Spanish Culture

The port of New Orleans was controlled by France. France eventually gave over the rights to Spain. Spain didn’t want a vast majority of new settlers coming into the land, so Spain closed New Orleans and the lower part of the Mississippi to any foreigners. Spain eventually gave the rights of navigation and exploration of the land and New Orleans Port over to the Americans. France soon gained a new leader by the name of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon was a powerful tiny man who took over a vast majority of land in Europe. Spain gave the Louisiana territory to Napoleon, because of the gigantic size of the property.

Firstly, I will be showing you a source about the Louisiana purchase from history.com. This source is reliable as it has minimal signs of bias and gives exceptional evidence and reasoning to support that Manifest

How do you describe Louisiana? That is a hard one because Louisiana is like no other state. Louisiana became a state on April 30, 1812. Louisiana is 51,843 square miles. The state is divided into north and south Louisiana, but throughout the state the culture is the same.

The United States was interested in the purchase of Louisiana for a number of reasons; to protect the citizens’ of the United States right to trade through the Port of New Orleans, to ensure that the British did not establish a new colony in the new land, and to allow the United States’ farmers and merchants to move westward. In 1682, the French discovered a large piece of land in North America which they named Louisiana after their king, King Louis XVI. Following the French and Indian War, King Louis XVI thought this land was a useless piece of uncharted wilderness. The king decided to give this enormous section of land to his cousin, King Charles III of Spain as a “reward” for Spain’s support

At the commencement of the 17th century, successions of westward expansion had already begun to take place. In 1803, Thomas Jefferson, who was president at the time, purchased the Louisiana territory from France. Several citizens did support Jefferson’s purchase in virtue of the many

The Louisiana Purchase was the United States purchase of the Louisiana territory in April of 1803 from the French. The French at the time were in need of money because of the war between them and the British so they decided to sell their Louisiana territory to America. The Louisiana Purchase created an issue with the people who live in the Louisiana territory. Since most of the people who live there are of a French origin, Americans and the American government were split on how citizenship status should be given and how would the Louisiana territory be added to the United States Union. For Louisiana and its inhabitants, they should be admitted into the United States on an equal footing with the original states of the Union because the United

New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville. Forty-five years later, in 1763, France signed treaties ceding Louisiana to Spain to whom it remained for the next forty years. Due to Mexican, Cuban and Spanish influence, the race rules in New Orleans were more liberal, allowing for a class of free people of color. In 1803 Louisiana was sold back to the French, who then twenty days later sold it to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. New Orleans had become the largest city in the Confederacy by the start of the Civil War in 1861.

Other than the East, current (2017) America’s Midwest, Northwestern States, and Southern States belong to the Europeans (French, Spanish), according to Document 4B. What caused the American Government or shall I say some to be fascinated and eager to gain the Louisiana Territory was its’ region being in the same area as the Mississippi River. In Document 4A, it states “It is New Orleans, through which the produce of our territory must pass to market, and from its fertility it will ere [before] long yield more than half of our whole produce and contain more than half our inhabitants…”. The quote, written by President Thomas Jefferson, speaks about New Orleans and how it can benefit and assist with their economy because of its’ land can be used for agriculture and hold more American citizens. On the other hand, the Federalist Party opposed the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. In Document 6, it states “Jefferson’s political opponents in the Federalist Party argued that the Louisiana Purchase was a worthless desert, and that the Constitution did not provide for the acquisition of new land or negotiating treaties without the consent of the Senate.”.

The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “Louisiana Purchase.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 17 Feb. 2017, www.britannica.com/event/Louisiana-Purchase.

Texas is a true melting pot and it is the differing cultures that make Texas great. Although there are many native Texans born each day, there are just as many that migrate across the country to make Texas their home (Wyly & Wyly, 2012, p. 29). In the beginning, Texas was settled by Scots-Irish, Germans, Czech, Poles, and Italians. However, the greatest influence on the identity of Texas was shaped by the Hispanic culture when they left Mexico behind to make Texas their home (Wyly & Wyly, 2012, p. 15). This cross-cultural influence in Texas creates an open atmosphere, a friendly environment, and a sense of pride that others want to be a part of and that tradition continues today with immigrants arriving from the Middle East, Southeast Asia as well as other parts of the world (Wyly & Wyly, 2012, p. 15).

Many countries wanted to get a hold of Louisiana, including France,and the USA. But why did everyone want Louisiana? Well, Napoleon Bonaparte, the leader of France, wanted to build an army there. He did this because he wanted to be ready if anyone wanted to start a war, and tensions were high between France and Britain. Thomas Jefferson wanted the area because it would most likely get him reelected. Also, many western settlers threatened to leave the USA and start their own union if Louisiana wasn't purchased. This reminded me of how the colonists boycotted British goods, instead of paying a tax. This also reminded me of the problem/solution text structure because the problem is not having Louisiana, and the solution was to just start a whole new nation in general.

At one time this land had been under the control of Spain following the French and Indian war, but France ceded the land to Spain for payment of debts for the war. For approximately thirty years Spain did very little to develop Louisiana. In 1801 Spain signed a secret treaty to return the Louisiana Territory back to France, in exchange for Napoleon’s promise to give the Spanish royal family rule over Tuscany. For reasons of his own, Napoleon, the leader of France, in 1803 offered to sell the land to the United States of America. The leaders of our country were concerned that the

When thinking of Native Americans in Louisiana, not many people can actually name the actual tribes that live there even though many roads, cities and geographical landmarks are still native names or named after the natives of that region. There are seven regions that the original inhabitants of the area that is now Louisiana: Atakapa , Caddo , Chitimacha, Choctaw, Houma, Natchez , and Tunica-Biloxi tribes, which only four are federally recognized. Many Americans visit these traditionally Native places and owned businesses and not even realize it. For example, MobiLoans, LLC, Acacia entertainment who produced the political drama “LBJ” with Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson, and Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana are all owned by the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe.

At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, Spain formally takes possession of the Louisiana Colony as stipulated in the Treaty of Paris in 1763. France had secretly transferred Louisiana to Spain in 1762 with the Treaty of Fountaineblue. “By the end of the French period of Louisiana, New Orleans was a commercially prosperous, self-sustaining city, trading all across the French commercial system” (Wall, p. 65). It had become a major port city for importing and exporting products. With the transfer of rule from France to Spain, the Louisiana colony would experience some social, political, cultural and economic consequences.

Louisiana is located above the Gulf of Mexico at the opening of the Mississippi River, bordered by Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east and Texas to the west. It was first colonized by the French during the 18th century and it became U.S. territory as part of the historic Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Louisiana was admitted to the union in 1812 and its capital city is Baton Rouge. Its largest city is New Orleans. Name for Residents - Louisianans or Louisianans. Louisiana’s total area is 51,843 square miles [Louisiana is the 31st biggest state in the USA]. The population of Louisiana is 4,625,470 (as of 2013) [Louisiana is the 25th most populous state in the USA].