Spanish New Orleans 1762-1803

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To prevent the British gaining Louisiana France gave up the territory, giving us Spanish New Orleans. Spanish New Orleans 1762-1803 With the current President's declaration that the Gulf of Mexico should now be called the "Gulf of America," lots of folks are sharing maps showing just how long the body of water to the south of the Louisiana coast has been named for Mexico. On one of these posts, I mentioned that New Orleans was a Spanish colony from 1762 to 1803. The origin date is not in dispute, as this is when France ceded the territory to Spain to...