Dates and flags:
French Fleur-de-Lys
1682 The French explorer Sieur de La Salle, the first to descend the Mississippi to its mouth, took possession "of the country known as Louisiana," and named it for the reigning monarch of France, Louis XIV.
(The Spanish flag in New Spain at this time was The Burgundy Cross)
1762 By the secret Treaty of Fontainebleau, France ceded its unprofitable and distant territories west of the Mississippi and the Isle of Orleans to Spain. It was 23 months later before the colonists in Louisiana learned they were no longer French subjects.
British Grand Union [1763]
1763 By the Peace of Paris, Great Britain acquired from France its Louisiana territory east of the Mississippi and north of the Isle of Orleans. Spain ceded to Britain its territories of East and West Florida. Baton Rouge was fortified by the British and called New Richmond.
Bourbon Spain [1769]
1769 Spanish Governor Alejandro O'Reilly finally established firm control of Louisiana for Spain.
French Tri-Color [1803]
1800 Spain officially returned the Louisiana territory West of the Mississippi to France by the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso. (France did not actually take control until November 1803.)
U.S. Flag of 15 Stars [1803]
"The Star Spangled Banner"
1803 The United States purchased from Napoleon the territory of Louisiana for $15,000,000.
1812 Louisiana formally became the 18th state to join the United States.
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