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Louisiana

Louisiana was a vast French colonial territory in North America covering the Mississippi basin, named after Louis XIV. It was claimed for France in the late seventeenth century and was part of the first French colonial empire. France sold the territory to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.

Louisiana
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French EmpireFoundationNew FranceGovernance, Impact, Decline, SummaryUnited StatesSummaryFederal Republic of Central AmericaGovernanceKingdom of FranceImpactComancheriaFoundation

Mentioned in 6 state histories

Apalachee chiefdomHasinai ConfederacyFrench LouisianaSpanish LouisianaRepublic of West FloridaRepublic of Lower California

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Louisiana. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/louisiana
MLA
“Louisiana.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/louisiana. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Louisiana.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/louisiana.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Louisiana’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/louisiana (Accessed: ).

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