1.8 f. Beignets
Beignets are a powdered sugar–covered treat.
Beignets are a powdered sugar–covered treat.
King cakes are a sweet bread or pastry usually decorated in purple, green, and gold.
New Orleans is the birthplace of the large, round sandwich known as the muffuletta.
The current Louisiana State Capitol is the tallest capitol building in the United States.
By studying artifacts, archaeologists know that people were in Louisiana at least 13,000 years ago.
People from the Clovis culture and San Patrice culture were some of Louisiana’s earliest inhabitants.
Poverty Point in Louisiana, one of the most significant archaeological sites in in the world, dates to 3,500 years and represents the largest, most complex settlement of its kind in North America.
People of the Tchefuncte, Marksville, Troyville, and Coles Creek cultures lived in Louisiana during the Woodland period.
The Treaty of Fontainebleau shifted ownership of western Louisiana and New Orleans from France to Spain during the French and Indian War.
Both French and British colonists sought alliances with the Natchez Indians, an American Indian group with settlements along the Lower Mississippi River.
When forced by a French commander to leave their village, Natchez men responded by attacking the French settlement of Fort Rosalie.
In the eighteenth century Houma people established trade and political relationships with French and Spanish colonists. In the twentieth century Houmas unified their community and successfully struggled for political recognition.
The Neutral Strip existed outside the governance of either the United States or Spain until 1821.
Federal forces occupied New Orleans, a strategic city at the mouth of the Mississippi River, from 1862 until the end of Reconstruction.
In 1873 white Louisianans responded to Reconstruction policies with violence, resulting in a massacre that claimed as many as 150 lives.
Enslaved people in Louisiana’s cities were engaged in nearly every labor role, from domestic service to dentistry.
The Standard Oil Company of Louisiana transformed Baton Rouge but found a political opponent in Huey P. Long.
The Second World War allowed for economic growth and increased opportunities for women and African Americans in Louisiana.
More than two thousand people across South Louisiana lost their lives in the Cheniere Caminada Hurricane, making it one of Louisiana’s deadliest storms.
The Federal Art Project and Federal Writers Project helped employ out-of-work artists and writers during the Great Depression.
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is one of only four American Indian groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is the largest of four federally recognized tribal governments in Louisiana.
This distinct form of government exists in more than half of Louisiana’s parishes.
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
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