1803 in The Louisiana Purchase
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1. The United States offers to buy New Orleans from France 2. Haiti wins its independence from France 3. Napoleon offers to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States
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The original settlers came from France. They named the city after Orleans, a city in Northern France.
France had colonies in Quebec, Canada, areas around the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River including New Orleans.
april 12 1996