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How Was the Issue of the Treatment of French Inhabitants

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How was the issue of the treatment of French inhabitants of the Louisiana Territory resolved by Governor William Claiborne and his successors?


A) Louisiana adopted a legal code based on French civil law.
B) French inhabitants of Louisiana were forced to accept the existing American laws that prevailed in neighboring states.
C) Unable to resolve the conflicts between French and American law, Claiborne used neither, and introduced a unique system of martial law in Louisiana.
D) Most French residents of Louisiana returned to France, rather than submit to American law and the English common law system.

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