HIST 3071 Lecture : Lecture 3 Notes
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Description of the mouth of the river (upper gulf coast): cones of fluid mud, oozing dark blue sludge. Enduring sense of louisiana as french (most people think of louisiana as french territory, fleur de lis symbol and welcoming in french on our state sign) Immigrants during spanish period enhance french identity. Spanish changed the governmental structure and laws of louisiana. Spanish were very practical, they learned to speak french, because the settlers spoke french. The cabildo: the term for the spanish colonial governing body. The cabildo building in jackson square in new orleans is very similar to other cabildos in the world (such as one in argentina) Most of the architectural features in new orleans are spanish (not french like most people would assume) Big fires in the french quarter in new orleans during this time (1788 on good friday)
