Early settlements
People started inhabiting the Mississippi region around 800 ad, referred to as the woodland period. Other civilizations emerging around the same time included the Marksville and the tchefuncte cultures, which were ancestors of the people of Natchez and taensa.
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European explorations
Europeans started arriving in the late 1500s. It soon became a french colony and was named la Louisiane, after the french king Louis XIV. Spain then occupied Louisiana around the 1770s. The Us proposed the Louisiana purchase treaty in 1803, according to which the area would be divided into two territories, the Orlean territory, and the Louisiana district.
Arrival of refugees
Thousands of refugees arrived in Louisiana from the saint Dominican regions during the Haitian revolution of the 1790s. These emigrants included creoles and enslaved people. Some refugees migrated to Cuba but were expelled and came to Louisiana around 1809. the settlements of creoles enlarged the french community in Louisiana. The largest slave revolt in the history of America took place around 1811, during which more than 500 enslaved people had risen onto the german coast and marched 20 miles in the city. the US troops, along with the help of the citizen militias, had to gather for suppressing the revolt.
English explorations
The purchase of Louisiana by the united states from the french government is considered the most incredible real estate deal in the entire history of humankind. After much bargaining, the US finally approved to pay 15 million dollars to France for the Louisiana territory.
The purchase happened in 1803, under the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Louisiana was spread across 828000 square miles stretching from the rocky mountains to the Mississippi river and from the border of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The Louisiana territory consisted of thirteen states. By purchasing the region, the united states became almost double its current size and hence, one of the most powerful nations worldwide.
