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LOUISIANA. WHAT IS LOUISIANA ?. A state in the USA. In the South of the USA. WHERE ?. SPOT IT ON THE MAP !. 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.
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WHAT IS LOUISIANA ? • A state in the USA In the South of the USA WHERE ?
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 BIG CENTER OF THE USA : from the Gulf of Mexico To the Canadian border ONE THIRD OF THE PRESENT USA
LET'S FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE BIRTH OF LOUISIANA NAME : CAVELLIER DE LA SALLE JOB ? EXPLORER
WHERE WAS HE FROM ? FROM NEW FRANCE
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 HONOUR THE FRENCH KING LOUIS XIV