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New OrleansThe greatest city in Louisiana.
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New Orleans is located in southern Louisiana, near the end of the Mississippi River.
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New Orleans, on Lake Pontchartrain
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Causeway, lake Pontchartrain, La, the longest bridge in the world.
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Brown Pelican
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Mississippi River
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Early New Orleans
• Louisiana was first discovered by Spanish explorers Alvárez Piñeda in 1519, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1528, and once again by Hernando de Soto in 1541.
• New Orleans was founded by the French in 1718 as Nouvelle-Orléans and Louisiana became a French Colony.
• In 1763, Louisiana was returned to Spanish Rule.
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History continued.
• Under Spanish rule, New Orleans suffered two disastrous fires.
• The first, the great New Orleans fire of 1788, destroyed 856 buildings on good Friday, March 21.
• The second destroyed 212 buildings in 1794.
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Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States in 1803 for 15 million dollars.
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New Orleans
• New Orleans became a state in 1812.
• The battle of New Orleans, fought by Andrew Jackson and pirate Jean Lafitte, defeated the British forces on the Mississippi River.
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Early New Orleans
• New Orleans was an agricultural state, farming mainly cotton and sugarcane.
• The Mississippi river made New Orleans the largest port in the United States.
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New Orleans• Unfortunately, because of
the agriculture, New Orleans became the largest slave port in the US.
• The largest slave rebellion in US history took place in New Orleans. 125 slaves revolted. 2 white slave owners where killed, 95 slaves where hung or decapitated.
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Pre-antebellum plantations
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Oak Alley Plantation
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The Myrtles Plantation, a haunted house
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The ghost, “Cloe”, who was killed by her slave master.
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New Orleans Architecture
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The French Quarter, a famous part of New Orleans
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The Cathedral in Jackson Square
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French Opera House
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Pat O'Briens, Bourbon Street in the French Quarter
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Shotgun House
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Creole Cottage
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The Cabildo, the old Spanish town hall, the site of the Louisiana
Purchase
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Tulane University
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Loyola University
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Xavier University, an all Black college
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Bourbon Street, the craziest street in New Orleans
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Me at the Bourbon Cowboy
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Bourbon Street Awards
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French Quarter outdoor flea Market
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Lake Lawn cemetery
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New Orleans Streetcar, or Trolley
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Voodoo Religion
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Mardi Gras
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Mardi Gras Parades
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Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras
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Mardi Gras Indians
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Mardi Gras High School Marching Band
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Audubon Zoo
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Albino Tiger
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Albino Alligator
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Albino Alligator
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Audubon Aquarium
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Aquarium Tunnel
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Largest tank, 400.000 Liters
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Alligator gar
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Alligator gar
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Paddlefish
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Mississippi River Levees
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Why Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans
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New Orleans during Katrina
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New Orleans Oil Production
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Oil Platforms in Louisiana