The Control of Nature
Throughout the 1700s and 1800s, what did people in southern Louisiana do to protect their communities and land against floods?
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During the 1700s and 1800s, people in southern Louisiana went through a number of floods. To protect themselves, they first built on natural levees. Later they worked to make these levees taller and larger. They continued to extend a system of levees in an attempt to protect their communities and their land, some of which was used for farming.