Spain builds up New Orleans but can't contain smuggling. White and black militias fight against the British in the American Revolution. Three hurricanes hit New Orleans in three years. The Great New Orleans Fires of 1788 and 1794 destroy almost all that's left.

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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

"Early American Hurricanes, 1492-1870" by David M. Ludlum

https://64parishes.org/entry/spanish-colonial-louisiana

https://64parishes.org/entry/hurricanes-in-louisiana

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France gives New Orleans to Spain as an apology for dragging it into the Seven Years' War. New Orleans expels the first Spanish governor, Antonio de Ulloa. Spain sends the Irish-born Alejandro O'Reilly to lay down the law.

(Sometimes known as the Revolt of 1768, the Creole Revolt or the Insurrection of 1768.)

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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

https://64parishes.org/entry/french-colonial-louisiana

https://64parishes.org/entry/code-noir-of-louisiana

https://64parishes.org/entry/insurrection-of-1768

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New Orleans rebuilds after another hurricane, flirts with the Enlightenment, wars against Native Americans, embraces smuggling, and establishes a form of slavery unlike what you'd expect.

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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

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A quick look at New Orleans's geography. European explorers try to find the Mississippi River's mouth. And the French make a bad economic gamble that results in the founding of New Orleans.

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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell

The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette

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