Answer:
Spain
Explanation:
A Brief History of Louisiana to 1812
A Question of Boundaries
European Explorations and Encounters
Early Spanish Interests
French Canada Explores the Mississippi River Valley
Louisiana as a French Colony
Difficult Early Years of the Colony
Bienville and the Founding of New Orleans
Hostilities on the Frontier
Louisiana under Vaudreuil and Kerlérec
The Lively Arts in Colonial and Territorial Louisiana
Contest for Sovereignty over the Mississippi Valley Frontier in the Seventeenth
and Eighteenth Centuries
Early European Designs on the Mississippi Valley
The Mississippi Valley during the French and Indian War
British Designs on the Mississippi Valley before the American Revolution
Louisiana under Spanish Rule
Diplomacy of the French Cession
Spanish Rule and a Revolt
Louisiana in the American Revolution
Spanish Louisiana’s Development to 1803
Land Settlement Policies and Practices in Spanish Louisiana
