Post on 15-Dec-2015
LOUISIANALOUISIANA
WHAT IS LOUISIANA ?
A state in the USA
WHERE ? In the South of the USA
SPOT IT ON THE MAP !
Look at the following hints and find one particularity of LOUISIANA !
PARTICULARITY
A small part of the population speaks French
= 4,4% of the population
Decribe Louisiana as it was in the end of the 18th century and the
beginning of the 19th
VERY BIGVERY BIG
CENTER OF THE CENTER OF THE USA :USA :
from the Gulf of from the Gulf of MexicoMexico
To the Canadian To the Canadian borderborder
ONE THIRD OF THE ONE THIRD OF THE PRESENT USAPRESENT USA
LET'S FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE BIRTH OF LOUISIANA
NAME :NAME : CAVELLIER DE LA SALLECAVELLIER DE LA SALLE
JOJOB ?B ?
EXPLOREREXPLORER
WHERE WAS HE FROM ?
FROMFROMNEW NEW
FRANCEFRANCE
WHAT DID HE DO IN 1682?
HE EXPLORED A TERRITORY = from the Mississipi river basin to the mouth of this river
CAVELLIER DE LA SALLE NAMED THIS TERRITORY LOUISIANA.
WHY ?
TO HONOURTO HONOUR THE FRENCH KINGTHE FRENCH KING
LOUIS XIVLOUIS XIV