New Orleans was founded on the 7th of May, the year 1718 by the French Mississip

pi Company under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. It is loc

ated in Louisiana City on the Mississippi River near the Gulf of Mexico. New Orl
eans is famously known as the Big Easy. The town borrows its name from the city of Orl
eans in France. Historically this was a French colony up to 1763 when by the Tre
aty of Paris it was ceded to the Spanish Empire. Later Napoleon sold Louisiana (
New France) to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. From then he
nceforth the New Orleans that sits within Louisiana City has been part and parce
l of the Superpower, the United States of America.
New Orleans can be said to be a city full of blended culture. The media may pain
t it as a high crime area, but on the positive end, it has significantly contrib
uted to the American history. In the American Revolutionary war, for instance, i
t served as a critical port for the smuggling reinforcement and aid to the rebel
s and transportation of military equipment. It was a winning frontier for the re
bels. Additionally, the city is famous as the birthplace of jazz music. Music is
a bond that so easily blends a different people and whips them into pulling tog
ether and mounting coherence. From its foundation by the French, New Orleans has
strongly been influenced by the French European culture. New Orleans is a night
life epic in Louisiana City.
New Orleans is a town painted with vibrant and radiating music. Aside from the j
azz music, it is the epicenter of the blended global music. Famously referred to
as the melting pot of French, American and African cultures the town can be sai
d to be a multicultural blender; as such mass media tends to overlook the bigger
picture of New Orleans as one who actually implements the tenets of the America
n state. America was founded as a home for a people fleeing slavery and servitud
e from other continents. New Orleans very values are those of religious freedom and
liberty. Upon the purchase in 1803 the city of Louisiana and in particular, New
Orleans witnessed an influx of American, French, Creoles and Africans explainin
g its multicultural diversity.
New Orleans is an economic hub. The nightlife, unique cuisines and vibrant music
have made it a 24 hour economy with booming business and diversity of cultures
to showcase. Throughout the phases of history, it has become a population center
of the United States of America. The city was for the longest time the nerve ce
nter for civil rights movement. It has immensely contributed to the enforcement
of constitutional rights including effecting of the 15th Amendment and the econo
mic empowerment of the African-Americans. The American dream is apparently being
manifested within the city of Louisiana. New Orleans is a cocktail of social, p
olitical, economic and cultural growth. An adoption of a multidimensional approa
ch towards the town will beget the best analysis as opposed to a mono-dimensiona
l look that paints it as a high-crime city.
In a nutshell the city of New Orleans, Louisiana City has gained the reputation
of a renowned destination for the global visitors who desire to enjoy the peace
and tranquillity that there is in the world of music, diversity in culture and a
favorable booming business environment. New Orleans is more particularly a beau
tiful attraction for the people of French origin arising from the fact that the
French culture had taken root in the city from the ancient times when they took
it as a colony.