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Spanish Louisiana
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Louisiana (New Spain)
Louisiana
was the name of an administrative district of the
Viceroyalty
of
New Spain
from 1762 to 1802 that consisted of territory west of the
Mississippi River
basin, plus
New Orleans
.
Spain
acquired the territory from
France
, who had named it
La Louisiane
in honor of King
Louis XIV
in 1682. It is sometimes known as
Spanish Louisiana
. The district was
retroceded
to France, under the terms of the
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
(1800) and the
Treaty of Aranjuez (1801)
. In 1802, King
Charles IV of Spain
published a royal bill on 15 October, effecting the transfer and outlining the conditions.
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