Transcript Important People in Louisiana History Unit 3: Louisiana History 3rd Grade Photos from Wikipedia.

Important People in Louisiana
History
Unit 3: Louisiana History
3rd Grade
Photos from Wikipedia
• A Spanish explorer who was the first to see the
Mississippi River.
Hernando
De Soto
• A French explorer who named Louisiana for King
Louis XIV.
Robert
La Salle
Iberville and Bienville
• French explorers who began settlements in
Louisiana.
Thomas Jefferson
• The president of the United
States in 1803. He bought
Louisiana from France.
• This is known as the
Louisiana Purchase.
Napoleon Bonaparte
• French ruler who sold Louisiana to the
United States.
William C. C. Claiborne
• The 1st governor of the state of Louisiana
Henry Shreve
• An inventor and steamboat
captain. The city of Shreveport is
named after him.
Andrew Jackson
• Commander at the Battle of New Orleans.
Jean Lafitte
• A pirate who helped defeat the British in the
Battle of New Orleans.
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• The 1st African-American governor of a state.
Huey P. Long
• The governor that was responsible for free
education, more hospitals, and roads in
Louisiana.
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Beaubouef from Herod
Elementary in Vermilion Parish.
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