New Orleans~The City of the Dead

NEW ORLEANS ESTABLISHED

• Established in 1718
• Named after Phillip, Duke of Orleans
• Spain gained control of New Orleans in 1763
• Was later taken back by the French
• Sold to US with the Louisiana Purchase

THE sTART OF nEW ORLEANS

SPAINS CONTROL OVER NEW ORLEANS

• Signed treaty with France
• 40 years of Spanish influence
• Handed back to France in 1830

LOUISIANA TO THE uNITED sTATES

• New Orleans was sold to the U.S. in the Louisiana Purchase
• Sold to U.S. only 20 days after regained from Spain