See also Louisiana Purchase.
Cities: New Orleans, [Baton Rouge]? -- capital, Shreveport?, [Lake Charles]?
The Mississippi River empties out of the souther portion of the state into the [Gulf of Mexico]?.
Lousiana is home to many famous colleges: [Tulane University]?, [Louisiana State University]?, [Southern Louisiana University]?, [Loyola University]?, etc.
What about the creoles or cajuns?
Ethnically, the cajuns are from Acadia?, an area in the [New Foundland]? province of Canada. When the British won the [French and Indian War]?, The British forced all of the citizens to take a pledge of allegiance. The Acadians would not and were force out of Canada, most of the fleesing to the souther portion of Louisiana.