Louisiana (New France)

French colonial Louisiana
*La Louisiane*
	French colonial Louisiana ; La Louisiane
	District of New France
Flag of New France (until 1760)	Coat of arms
	New France before the Treaty of Utrecht
Capital city	Mobile (1702–1720); Biloxi (1720–1722); La Nouvelle-Orléans (after 1722)
History
Political subdivisions	Upper Louisiana;; Lower Louisiana
Today part of	Canada; United States

Louisiana (French: La Louisiane; La Louisiane française) or French Louisiana^[1] was an administrative district of New France. It was under French control 1682 to 1762 and 1801 (nominally) to 1803 when France sold it in the Louisiana Purchase. The area was named after King Louis XIV by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. The area included most of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River, and it went from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and it went from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains.

Louisiana included two regions. These regions are now known as Upper Louisiana (la Haute-Louisiane), which began north of the Arkansas River, and Lower Louisiana (la Basse-Louisiane). Most of the French people in Upper Louisiana came from Canada.

The U.S. state of Louisiana is named for the historical region. Although it is only a small part of the vast lands claimed by France.^[1]

Louisiana (New France) Media

The Mississippi River basin and tributaries
Lower Louisiana marked in yellow; pink represents Canada. Part of Canada below the great lakes was ceded to Louisiana in 1717. Brown represents British colonies. Original map from 1719
A new map of the north parts of America claimed by France under the names of Louisiana in 1720 by Herman Moll
A map of Louisiana by Christoph Weigel, published in 1734
Map of New France (blue color) in 1750, before the French and Indian War (1754 to 1763), that was part of the Seven Years' War
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683)
Map of North America during the 17th century
Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans
Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans in 1815

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 La Louisiane française 1682-1803, 2002. Although named, "La Louisiane", that name became the French term for the U.S. state of Louisiana, so, by 1879, the colonial region was called La Louisiane française.

Other websites

(in French) Site du ministère de la culture française: La Louisiane française (1682–1803)
(in French) Bibliothèque Nationale de France: La France en Amérique
(in French) Archives Canada-France: Nouvelle-France. Histoire d'une terre française en Amérique
(in French) Site personnel de Jean-Pierre Pazzoni: Histoire de la Louisiane française
(in French) Site de l'association France-Louisiane: Louisiane française. Entretien avec Bernard Lugan
(in French) Hérodote: 9 avril 1682, Cavelier de la Salle baptise la Louisiane
(in French) University of Laval: 30 avril 1803: traité d'achat de la Louisiane Archived 2002-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
Museum of the State of Louisiana Archived 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
Fort Rosalie, Mississippi
New France: 1524–1763
History of New Orleans

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[LL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 La Louisiane française 1682-1803, 2002. Although named, "La Louisiane", that name became the French term for the U.S. state of Louisiana, so, by 1879, the colonial region was called La Louisiane française.

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