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  2. History of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The history of the area that is now the U.S. state of Louisiana, can be traced back thousands of years to when it was occupied by indigenous peoples.The first indications of permanent settlement, ushering in the Archaic period, appear about 5,500 years ago.

  3. Neutral Ground (Louisiana) - Wikipedia

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    Those with Spanish land grants predating the sale of the Louisiana Purchase to the United States were granted first class claims. [4]) Some of the settlers from the United States would form the nucleus of the Louisiana Redbone community. This lawless area also attracted exiles, deserters, political refugees, fortune hunters, and a variety of ...

  4. Category:1850s in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana portal; United States portal; History portal; North America portal ... 1850 in Louisiana (2 C, 1 P) 1851 in Louisiana (1 C) 1852 in Louisiana (2 C)

  5. List of colonial governors of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the colonial governors of Louisiana, from the founding of the first settlement by the French in 1699 to the territory's acquisition by the United States in 1803. The French and Spanish governors administered a territory which was much larger than the modern U.S. state of Louisiana , comprising Louisiana (New France) and ...

  6. Louisiana (New Spain) - Wikipedia

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    De Soto claiming the Mississippi, as depicted in the United States Capitol rotunda. Louisiana (Spanish: La Luisiana, [la lwiˈsjana]), [1] or the Province of Louisiana (Provincia de La Luisiana), was a province of New Spain from 1762 to 1801 primarily located in the center of North America encompassing the western basin of the Mississippi River plus New Orleans.

  7. List of sovereign states in the 1850s - Wikipedia

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    Germany – German Empire (to November 29, 1850) Goust – Republic of Goust; State of Buenos Aires (from September 11, 1852) Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (from January 11, 1851) Tavolara – Kingdom of Tavolara

  8. Industrialisation - Wikipedia

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    The effect of industrialisation shown by rising income levels in the 19th century, including gross national product at purchasing power parity per capita between 1750 and 1900 in 1990 U.S. dollars for the First World, including Western Europe, United States, Canada and Japan, and Third World nations of Europe, Southern Asia, Africa, and Latin America [1] The effect of industrialisation is also ...

  9. Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana Territory was broken into smaller portions for administration, and the territories passed slavery laws similar to those in the southern states but incorporating provisions from the preceding French and Spanish rule (for instance, Spain had prohibited slavery of Native Americans in 1769, but some slaves of mixed African–Native ...