Correction questions et timeline

1) The main topic of the text is where we can find French history in New Orleans.
2) The countries involved in the purchase of the Louisiana territory were Spain, France and the
United States of America.
3) Louisiana was named after the king of France, Louis XV.
4) In the text we discover that other countries possessed the French Louisiana such as Spain.
5) The Louisiana territory was sold by Napoleon I of France in 1803.
6) The emblem of the city is the French fleur de lys, which was also the symbol of French
nobility.
7) The French influence in the city can be seen through different elements such as the
architecture of the city, the French names of streets ad quarters, the symbol of the city which
is the fleur de lys.
8) Même si la Nouvelle Orleans est devenue l’une de plus grandes villes d’Amerique, son âme
reste uniquement française.

9) Create a timeline:

1682 = the French founded Louisiana

1699 = New Orleans’ first Mardi Gras

1718 = Founding of New Orleans

1721 = Place d’Armes or Jackson square created

1762 = Louis XV gave Louisiana to Spanish cousin Charles III

After mid 1800 = Haussmann’s influence on New Orleans

1788 = The Great fire of New Orleans

1791-1804 = the Haitian revolution

1803 = Napoleon I sold Louisiana to the USA (also known as the Louisiana purchase)

1812 = Louisiana becomes a state

Late 19th = the dawn of Jazz

1950s – 60s = the Civil Rights movement

1967 = City purchase the football team NO SAINTS

1970 = First Jazz fest held in Congo square

2005 = Hurricane Katrina