LOUISIANALOUISIANA

WHAT IS LOUISIANA ?

A state in the USA

WHERE ? In the South of the USA

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Look at the following hints and find one particularity of LOUISIANA !

PARTICULARITY

A small part of the population speaks French

= 4,4% of the population

Decribe Louisiana as it was in the end of the 18th century and the

beginning of the 19th

VERY BIGVERY BIG

CENTER OF THE CENTER OF THE USA :USA :

from the Gulf of from the Gulf of MexicoMexico

To the Canadian To the Canadian borderborder

ONE THIRD OF THE ONE THIRD OF THE PRESENT USAPRESENT USA

LET'S FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE  BIRTH  OF LOUISIANA

NAME :NAME : CAVELLIER DE LA SALLECAVELLIER DE LA SALLE

JOJOB ?B ?

EXPLOREREXPLORER

WHERE WAS HE FROM ?

FROMFROMNEW NEW

FRANCEFRANCE

WHAT DID HE DO IN 1682?

HE EXPLORED A TERRITORY = from the Mississipi river basin to the mouth of this river

CAVELLIER DE LA SALLE NAMED THIS TERRITORY LOUISIANA.

WHY ?

TO HONOURTO HONOUR THE FRENCH KINGTHE FRENCH KING

LOUIS XIVLOUIS XIV