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Iberville AND Bienville

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BIENVILLE

BIRTH

WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 23, 1680 IN MONTREAL, NEW FRANCE IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS MONTREAL CANADA

FATHER

WAS SON OF CHARLES LE MOYNE AND WAS IBERVILLE’S BROTHER

FATHER OF NEW ORLEANS

IN 1717 HE HAD DISCOVERED A CRESCENT BEND IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.THE LAND AROUND THE CRESCENT BEND IS KNOWN AS NEW ORLEANS

FATHER OF BILOXI

THE PEOPLE LIVING IN NEW ORLEANS NEEDED RESOURCES SO HE EXPLORED OTHER AREAS AROUND NEW ORLEANS HE FOUND RESOURCES AND WHAT IS NOW CALLED BILOXI
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MOVING IN

IN 1719 NEW ORLEANS FLOODED SO HE MOVED TO BILOXI. BIENVILLE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE FRENCH CAPITAL TO BILOXI
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CAPITAL

BECAUSE OF POOR SOIL CONDITIONS IN BILOXI HE MOVED THE FRENCH CAPITAL TO NEW ORLEANS IN 1723

CO FOUNDER OF MOBILE

THE FRENCH WERE LOOKING FOR A DEEP SEA PORT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO . BIENVILLE WAS EXPLORING AND FOUND LAND THAT IS NOW CALLED MOBILE

GULF OF MEXICO

HE EXPLORED THE COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WHEN HE WAS LOOKING FOR A DEEP SEA PORT

PARISH

THERE IS A PARISH IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA CALLED BIENVILLE

STREET

THERE IS A STREET NAMED AFTER BIENVILLE LOCATED IN MID CITY, NEW ORLEANS

IBERVILLE

BIRTH

WAS BORN ON JULY 16, 1661 IN MONTREAL, NEW FRANCE NOW KNOWN AS MONTREAL CANADA

BIG FAMILY

HE WAS ON OF 14 SIBLINGS ONE OF THEM BEING BIENVILLE

KNIGHT

WAS A KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF SAINT LOUIS, THE FRENCH KING’S ARMY AND FAUGHT IN 2 WARS

WEAPON

HE USED SWORDS AND BOW AND ARROWS BUT WAS BETTER WITH SWORD

KING WILLIAMS WAR

IN 1690 WENT TO WAR AGAINST THE ENGLISH AND ATTACKED NEW YORK.

TOOK GOODS

IN 1692 HE SAILED SHIPS TO THE ENGLISH COLONIES AND STOLE ENGLISH GOODS

EXPLORED LOUISIANA

HE WENT DOWN TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND SHUT IT DOWN TRANSPORTATION FOR OTHER NATIONS

QUEEN ANN’S WAR

IN 1702 THE WAR TOOK PLACE. IN 1706 HE ATTACKED THE ISLAND NEVIS AND TOOK THE ENTIRE POPULATION. 2 WEEKS LATER HE HAD A SUDDEN DEATH OF YELLOW FEVER,.

STREET

THERE IS A STREET NAMED IBERVILLE IN MIDCITY NEW ORLEANS

PARISH

LIKE HIS BROTHER THERE IS A PARISH IN LOUISIANA. BUT HIS IS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.