Bienville ends his final term (multiple times…

1743 CE

Bienville ends his final term (multiple times over forty-three years) as Governor of colonial French Louisiana, which he has helped colonize, having spent most of the past decade occupied in wars with Native Americans.

The new governor, Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, arrives in 1743, and Bienville sails back to France.

Even in France, however, Bienville will do what he can to aid the colony he had worked so long to build, seeking unsuccessfully to prevent the transfer of the colony from France to Spain.

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New Orleans Orleans Louisiana United States View →

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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville View → Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnal, Marquis de Vaudreuil View →

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New France (French Colony) View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of View → Louisiana (New France) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Colonization of the Americas, French View → Indian Wars in Upper North America View →

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Fish and game View → Weapons View → Hides and feathers View → Gem materials View → Strategic metals View → Slaves View → Sweeteners View → Land View → Tobacco View →

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