HIST 3071 Chapter : 4
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3 topics today: spanish period underrated, people, politics during and after the transfer. Spain: the underrated colonizer: enduring sense of louisiana as french, some immigrants during the spanish period enhance louisiana"s. The french quarter: french quarter took its modern form from spanish architectural regulations, a metaphor for the spanish influence in louisiana writ large. Americans: 18th century refugees, retained a distance cultural identity once they settled in. Louisiana: remain one of the state"s most distinctive cultures, we should not overlook their story, example: music and dance (fais do do) ix. Rouge colonials : people of new orleans scared that spanish are going to interfere with practices they set up. Bernardo de galvez: governor, 1777-1785, motto = yo solo , i alone , benefitted from family contacts, uncle = head of enterprise, spanish colonial insider, married french oligarchy/creole woman (like unzaga) Outcomes of galvez" victories: spain expands its holdings when britain surrenders; regains the.
