St. Tammany Parish, LouisianaSt. Tammany Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Tammany; Spanish: Parroquia de St. Tammany) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana named after Tamanend, the famed Lenape Chief of Chiefs and the "Patron Saint of America." At the 2020 census, the population was 264,570, making it the fourth-most populous parish in Louisiana. The parish seat is Covington. The parish was founded in 1810.
West FloridaWest Florida (Spanish: Florida Occidental) was a region on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico that underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history. Great Britain established West and East Florida in 1763 out of land acquired from France and Spain after the Seven Years' War.
List of parishes in LouisianaThe U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes (French: paroisses), making it the one of only three states to not call its primary subdivisions "counties", the others being Alaska and Connecticut. Louisiana's usage of the term "parish" for a geographic region or local government dates back to the French colonial era and is connected to ecclesiastical parishes. Thirty-eight parishes are governed by a council called a police jury.
Louisiana (New France)Today part ofCanadaUnited StatesLouisiana, also known as French Louisiana, was a district of New France. In 1682, the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle erected a cross near the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed the whole of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River in the name of King Louis XIV, naming it "Louisiana".
LouisianaU.S. stateState in the United StatesLouisiana entrance sign off Interstate 20 in Madison Parish east of TallulahLouisiana (French: Louisiane; Spanish: Luisiana; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is bordered by Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25th in population, with roughly 4.6 million residents.
Lake PontchartrainLake Pontchartrain ( ; French: Lac Pontchartrain, pronounced) is an estuary in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It covers 630 square miles (1,600 km) with an average depth of 12 to 14 feet (3.7 to 4.3 m). Some shipping channels are kept deeper through dredging. It is roughly oval, about 40 miles (64 km) from west to east and 24 miles (39 km) from south to north.
French and Indian WarNorth American theater of the Seven Years' WarBelligerents Great BritainBritish AmericaPro-British Indigenous nations FranceNew FranceCanadaPro-French Indigenous nationsCommanders and leadersJeffery AmherstEdward Braddock †James Wolfe †John CampbellJames AbercrombieEdward BoscawenGeorge WashingtonJohn ForbesGeorge MonroWilliam JohnsonTanacharisonSayenqueraghtaLouis de Montcalm †Pierre de RigaudFrançois de BourlamaqueChevalier de Lévis (POW)Jean Erdman (POW)François de Lignery †Michel de MennevilleDaniel de Beaujeu †Joseph de Jumonville †Captain Jacobs †PontiacShingasKillbuckStrength46,500 regularsMilitia (peak strength, 1758)10,000 regulars (troupes de la terre and troupes de la marine, peak strength, 1757)15,000 militiaCasualties and losses3,000 regulars killed in action or died of wounds, 10,400 died of disease11,000+ provincial troops and Native allies died of all causesTotal: 25,000 dead UnknownThe French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a conflict in North America between Great Britain and France, along with their respective Indigenous allies.
Louisiana (New Spain)Louisiana (Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]) was a province of New Spain from 1762 to 1801. It was primarily located in the center of North America encompassing the western basin of the Mississippi River plus New Orleans. The area had originally been claimed and controlled by France, which had named it La Louisiane in honor of King Louis XIV in 1682.
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Mississippi RiverThe Mississippi River is the primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the U.S. after the Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 mi (3,766 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.
Seven Years' WarThe Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian subcontinent. The primary warring states were Great Britain and Prussia fighting against France and Austria, with other countries joining these coalitions: Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Russia, plus Saxony and many other minor states of the Holy Roman Empire.
U.S. stateConstituent polity of the United StatesIn the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.