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title: "Who did Spain cede the Louisiana Territory to?"  
description: "Who did Spain cede the Louisiana Territory to?"  
author: "Vishal Kesarwani"  
published: 2018-10-01  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50091/who-did-spain-cede-the-louisiana-territory-to  
category: "usa history"  
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# Who did Spain cede the Louisiana Territory to?	

## Answers

### Answer by Sarda Kumari

## Louisiana: Rule of Spain

People started inhabiting the Mississippi region around 800 ad, [referred to as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39930/at-the-turn-of-the-century-widespread-panic-occurred-that-at-midnight-all-computers-would-reset-to-zero-and-life-as-we-knew-it-would-cease-to-exist-what-was-this-doomsday-theory-commonly-referred-to-as) the **woodland period.** Other civilizations [emerging](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85681/indians-emerging-as-the-highest-ethnic-group-in-usa) around the same time included the **Marksville and the tchefuncte cultures**, which were ancestors of the people of **Natchez and taensa**. Europeans started arriving in the **late 1500s**.

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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](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51314/what-were-the-approximate-latitude-and-longitude-measurement-of-the-united-states-before-the-louisiana-purchase) treaty in 1803**, according to which the area would be divided into two territories, the Orlean territory, and the Louisiana district.

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Read also: [**/what-is-the-state-history-of-louisiana?**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50169/what-is-the-state-history-of-louisiana) \
**Spain ceding Louisiana to US** **\** In the san Ildefonso treaty of 1800, [Napoleon Bonaparte](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51821/who-was-napoleon-bonaparte) acquired the **territory of Louisiana from Spain**. However, he kept this a secret for the next few years since he had **ambitions to build a substantial colonial empire** in the [united states](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85733/lifestyle-differences-between-india-and-united-states). \
He failed in his attempt to conquer **Saint Domingue** and had to withdraw his troops in 1803. soon after, Haiti declared its [independence](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4562/happy-independence-day-2024-things-to-notice), and napoleon had to give up his desire to become the [American](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85736/impact-of-harley-davidson-on-american-pop-culture) emperor. He sold his territory of **Louisiana to the US** in the Lou**isiana Purchase treaty of 1803**. The united states won the **battle of New Orleans against Europe**, and Louisiana officially became the **18th state of the US ON 30th April 1812.** \
However, the western Louisiana regions were in [constant](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1433/how-do-you-define-a-constant) disputes with the **Spanish texas** till the ratification of the adam onis treaty of 1819. \
Read also:[**why-did-you-buy-new-orldleans-and-louisiana-territory?**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50172/why-did-you-buy-new-orldleans-and-louisiana-territory) \


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