The Irish colonization of Spanish Louisiana

Abstract

In the complex melting pot of European and indigenous cultures, which is the North American subcontinent, Louisiana represents the first contact between the Hispanic World and a new European nation, outside of Europe, that emerged strongly in the last third of the 18th century: The States States of North America. Its strategic location made Louisiana a barrier or springboard. As appropriate to the political interest of the moment. Thus, for some time, the possibility was seen that, with indigenous support, the balance of the struggling expansion (-) reaction would tip in favor of Espaciar, containing the Anglo-Saxon advance towards the Middle West. It is a glorious moment that will always be linked to the memory of the last conqueror, Bernardo de Gálvez, a character of extraordinary courage in all aspects and who heads a long series of highly effective governors and authors, in the face of very adverse conditions of an accurate policy of development and progress that transformed, to a large extent, Louisiana.