One realm, then the split: French Ministry of the Marine ran the colony on Ayiti and Louisiana (Mississippi valley) as one system (Code Noir 1685/1724; shared…

SUMMARYOne realm, then the split: French Ministry of the Marine ran the colony on Ayiti and Louisiana (Mississippi valley) as one system (Code Noir 1685/1724; shared officials, soldiers, ships; Louisiana supplied the island). Spanish era (1763-1800): the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, seated on Ayiti, heard appeals for Cuba, Florida and Louisiana until it moved to Cuba in 1799; Louisiana and Florida under the Captain General in Havana. Split: Basel 1795 (eastern Ayiti claim to France), San Ildefonso 1800 (Louisiana to France), Louisiana sold 1803 after France's army was destroyed on Ayiti, Ayiti independent 1804, Florida claim to US 1819-21. Record. Lens: Ayiti's revolution broke the realm; "one people before the crowns" = Pattern (Gulf Ring).