SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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It was ruled by the king for Louisiana.
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It was ruled by the settlers.
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It was ruled by one owner appointed by the king of France.
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It was ruled by the Catholic church.
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Detailed explanation-1: -France needed to find a new way to fund the colony. King Louis XIV decided to allow a businessman to run the colony. He established a proprietorship and gave an individual a charter (contract) to operate the colony as a business.
Detailed explanation-2: -France feared that Louisiana would become British. As a result, France sought to preempt any actions that Britain would undertake if it became known that Louisiana no longer enjoyed French protection before the Spanish were able to occupy and defend it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Antoine Crozat was Louisiana’s first proprietor of Louisiana from 1712 until 1717, when he resigned and the crown turned the colony over to John Law, who created the corporation called the Company of the Indies in 1719 to govern Louisiana.
Detailed explanation-4: -French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle first claimed the Louisiana Territory, which he named for King Louis XIV, during a 1682 canoe expedition down the Mississippi River.