New Orleans Tour Guide Test

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1682

Back 1

Year La Salle claims the center of the North American Continent for Louis XIV

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1699

Back 2

Year French Canadian brothers, the Sieurs d'Iberville and Bienville, arrive to found the French Colony

Front 3

1718

Back 3

Year Bienville founds New Orleans (Iberville having died)

Front 4

1719

Back 4

Year first slaves arrive in NOLA: 3000 over the next 12 years

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1722

Back 5

Year Adrien de Pauger lays out the Vieux Carré AGAIN after a hurricane. Streets divided into blocks bounded by drainage canals that emptied into boundary canals and into the swamp

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1724

Back 6

Year the Code Noir was first instituted in French Colonies, including Louisiana

Front 7

1727

Back 7

Year Ursuline nuns arrive for education and improvement of the city

Front 8

1729

Back 8

Year Natchez Indians revolt

Front 9

1763

Back 9

Year Louis XV gives LA to his cousin Carlos III of Spain, settling the 7 Yrs war

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1769

Back 10

Year General O’Reillly arrives with 2000 soldiers to claim NOLA for Spain