Editing St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (section)

===West Florida===
After the 18th-century founding and development of [[New Orleans]], [[French people|French]] settlers began to enter the region. The primary industry was the production of [[pitch (resin)|pitch]], [[tar]], [[turpentine]] and [[resin]] from the forests.

After [[early modern France|France]] was defeated in the [[French and Indian War]], St. Tammany (along with the other future "[[Florida Parishes]]") became part of [[British West Florida]]. During this period, the area comprising today's St. Tammany attracted British [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|loyalists]] who wanted to escape persecution in the [[Thirteen Colonies]]. After [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] was defeated in the [[American Revolutionary War]], West Florida was governed by [[Spanish West Florida|the Spanish]]. The West Florida period ended with [[Republic of West Florida|the West Florida revolt]], which precipitated annexation by the United States.