The
history of Louisiana starts in 1682 when a French explorer, Sieur de la
Salle conquered a piece of land and named it the country of Louisiana,
after The King of France, Louis XIV. Between 1717-1731, Louisiana began
to develop as a colony. In 1718, Sieur de Bienville began to
build New Orleans. By 1721, New Orleans had a population of more than
370 people. There were 147 male colonists, 65 female colonists, 38
children, 28 servants, 73 slaves and 21 Indians. In 1762, France
gave the territories it had at the west of Mississippi to Spain. Only
after 23 months did some colonists in that part of the territory know
that they did not belong to France anymore. In 1763, the British
acquired from France the east part of Louisiana. In 1800, Spain
returned the territory west of the Mississippi to France. In
1803, the United States bought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon
for $15,000,000. Later on in 1812, Louisiana formally became the 18th
state of the union. This is how the state of Louisiana became a state
of the United States of America. Louisiana is now well known for its
tremendous music and its impressive tourism. The
similarities that the history of Louisiana and the history of
Bolivia has is that they were both conquered by Europeans. The
differences is that Bolivia was conquered by Spanish and Louisiana was
conquered by French.
 Louis XIV
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