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To history New Orleans

Already to end of the 17.Century France requirements on the entire run of the Missisppi to high raised the area to the large lakes and

1682	as Louisiana as the french colony explains
1718	it came to the establishment of a settlement above the Missisippi delta. It was called at the same time in the honour of the king at that time by France and duke by Orleans Nouvelle Orleans and already
1721	as the capital Louisiana explains
1732	Nouvelle Orleans counted 5000 inhabitants.
1762	the city fell by transfer at Spain. But the appropriation by the Spanish realisize itself because of the resistance of the population only 1769
1800	again France takes over the area, only around it
1803	together with further North American " possessions " in the "Louisiana Purchase for whole $15 millions to USA too sell.
1804	serves now New Orleans counts city mentioned of 10,000 inhabitants
1815	it made of with the Battle New Orleans history, in which collected US troops struck a British invading army destroying. Subsequently regarded the battle was actually groundless, since already beforehand in London a peace treaty had been closed.
1850	120,000 inhabitants. New Orleans became the trick and pivot of the slave trade.
1862	New Orleans in the civil war falls to the north states, which opens the acces to the Missisippi for the gunboats of the union
1865	After the civil war and a temporary - by the end of the slavery released - fall New Orleans developed to one of the most important ports of the country
1900	300,000 inhabitants
1960	600,000 inhabitants

With approx. 500,000 inhabitants today the city of New Orleans belongs to the visible large cities of USA. In the metropolitan Area about 1.3 Mill live. humans, of it approximately 40% colored. A special feature of the southern Louisianas are the Creoles, citizen of spain/french descent, which kept in some areas of life an independent culture.