Louisiane (Chaos)

As early as 1507, the Castillians founded Veracruz at the site of OTL New Orleans, started exploring the Mississippi valley. Soon after, however, the broke out, and their expansion was hampered. In the 1547, the  had to cede the area to, and Veracruz was renamed.

1559-61, the French sent an expedition up the Mississippi and Arkansas, founded (St. Louis). The Mississippi area was named Louisiane after the newborn son of the king (who'd die two years old, but that's another story), since there were already a and a  around.

In the second half of the 16th century, a great-great-great-great-great-grandson of king left France for Louisiane, which would become important in the future. His last heir died in 1749.

After the lost, Louisiane north of the Arkansas was divided in the in 1694 between  (the South) and - (the North). Louisiane was reduced to a small part of itself.

Since ~1700, many French settlers left the upper Mississippi area, went to Louisiane.

During the (1764-67) the Governors of Nouvelle France,,  and Louisiane declared independence in 1765 - until France would have a king again. Lacking a navy (because the mostly noble captains didn't want to fight for a republic and thus deserted), France couldn't take them back.

In 1782, Louisiane was conquered by Italy, which now ruled all the former French colonies.

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