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10 Cards in this Set
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1682
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Year La Salle claims the center of the North American Continent for Louis XIV
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1699
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Year French Canadian brothers, the Sieurs d'Iberville and Bienville, arrive to found the French Colony
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1718
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Year Bienville founds New Orleans (Iberville having died)
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1719
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Year first slaves arrive in NOLA: 3000 over the next 12 years
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1722
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Year Adrien de Pauger lays out the Vieux Carré AGAIN after a hurricane. Streets divided into blocks bounded by drainage canals that emptied into boundary canals and into the swamp
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1724
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Year the Code Noir was first instituted in French Colonies, including Louisiana
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1727
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Year Ursuline nuns arrive for education and improvement of the city
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1729
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Year Natchez Indians revolt
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1763
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Year Louis XV gives LA to his cousin Carlos III of Spain, settling the 7 Yrs war
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1769
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Year General O’Reillly arrives with 2000 soldiers to claim NOLA for Spain
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