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by jbrecken on January 19th, 2009

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Why wasn't the Lousiana Territory renamed when King Louis was overthrown?

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  • by Anonymous on November 10th, 2009

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    Louis XVI of France had been dead (guillotined during the revolution) for ten years before the largest land deal in American history was finalized in 1803.

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    • Right, I don't mean when it was sold to the Americans, but when it belonged to France. It was originally named for Louis IV when the French first owned it, but then they lost it to Spain. France took it back from Spain after the French Revolution, so why didn't they rename it?

      jbrecken

      by jbrecken on November 11th, 2009

    • NOT for Louis IV! That was long before the Louisiana territory. Probably Louis XIV.

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on November 12th, 2009

    • You're right. That was a typo.

      jbrecken

      by jbrecken on November 12th, 2009

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