Spanish Louisiana

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Spanish Louisiana was a vast North American colonial territory under Spanish rule from the late 18th to early 19th century, encompassing the lower Mississippi Valley and centered on New Orleans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former colony
historical region
territory of the Spanish Empire
borderedBy British East Florida
linked to: East Florida

British West Florida
linked to: West Florida

Spanish New Mexico
Spanish Texas
United States (after 1783)
capital New Orleans
continent North America
country Spanish Empire
economicActivity fur trade
plantation agriculture
riverine commerce on the Mississippi River
endTime 1800
1803
event New Orleans Rebellion of 1768
followedBy District of Louisiana
French Louisiana (Third Treaty of San Ildefonso transfer)
linked to: Louisiana Territory

Louisiana Territory (United States)
linked to: Louisiana Territory

Orleans Territory
governor Alejandro O’Reilly
Antonio de Ulloa
Bernardo de Gálvez
Esteban Rodríguez Miró
Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
Luis de Unzaga y Amézaga
Manuel de Salcedo
heritage Creole culture of Louisiana
includedRegion present-day state of Arkansas
present-day state of Colorado (part)
present-day state of Iowa
present-day state of Kansas
present-day state of Louisiana (part)
present-day state of Minnesota (part)
present-day state of Missouri
present-day state of Montana (part)
present-day state of Nebraska
present-day state of North Dakota (part)
present-day state of Oklahoma
present-day state of South Dakota (part)
present-day state of Wyoming (part)
language French
Spanish
legalSystem Spanish colonial law
locatedIn Mississippi River basin
lower Mississippi Valley
notablePerson Bernardo de Gálvez
partOf Viceroyalty of New Spain
precededBy French Louisiana
religion Roman Catholicism
roleIn American Revolutionary War (as Spanish base against Britain)
sovereign Kingdom of Spain
startTime 1762
treaty Louisiana Purchase (1803)
linked to: Louisiana Purchase

Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800)
Treaty of Aranjuez (1801)
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)

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Pierre Laclède regionOfActivity Spanish Louisiana
New France includedRegion Louisiana (New France)
linked to: Spanish Louisiana
New France successorState Spanish Louisiana
Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 country Spanish Louisiana
Baron François-Louis de Carondelet government Spanish colonial government in Louisiana
linked to: Spanish Louisiana
Chouteau family associatedWith Spanish Louisiana
Crown of Spain hasPart Spanish Louisiana
Crown of Spain hasPart Spanish Arkansas
linked to: Spanish Louisiana
Territory of Orleans predecessor Louisiana (New Spain)
linked to: Spanish Louisiana
Spanish overseas territories includedTerritory Louisiana (Spanish period)
linked to: Spanish Louisiana
Moses Austin laterResidence Spanish Louisiana