French speaking Southern United States, could this be possible?

So John Sevier Tennessee's first governor actually reached out to the French and Spanish about assistance since the Carolinas and Virginia were not providing assistance with troops against Indian attacks. How could French assistance in Tennessee affect future American history? Could Tennessee exist as a French speaking territory?
 
So John Sevier Tennessee's first governor actually reached out to the French and Spanish about assistance since the Carolinas and Virginia were not providing assistance with troops against Indian attacks. How could French assistance in Tennessee affect future American history? Could Tennessee exist as a French speaking territory?

Disregarding the French origins of Sevier's surname, it isn't likely Tennessee (or at least the majority of it) would be Francophone, since the majority of settlers will still be Anglos from across the mountains. Not even if it joins Louisiana as a result of an early collapse of the US would it be Francophone, since there's a clear lack of Francophone settlers. Any POD to have Tennessee Francophone would have to be before 1763.
 
The only way any part of the "USA" stays Francophone is a very reduced influx of settlers from the English speaking parts of the USA. While French as a first language persisted for a long time in Louisiana, in urban and developed areas it very much became a minority by the ACW. After the Louisiana purchase very few settlers arrived who already spoke French, and those who were not already English speakers in general learned English rather than French. It is worth noting that several decades ago Quebec passed a law that mandated immigrants who were not native English speakers had to send their children to French schools, and other measures to ensure French did not become a second language for newcomers. It was highly controversial btw.
 
The only way any part of the "USA" stays Francophone is a very reduced influx of settlers from the English speaking parts of the USA. While French as a first language persisted for a long time in Louisiana, in urban and developed areas it very much became a minority by the ACW. After the Louisiana purchase very few settlers arrived who already spoke French, and those who were not already English speakers in general learned English rather than French. It is worth noting that several decades ago Quebec passed a law that mandated immigrants who were not native English speakers had to send their children to French schools, and other measures to ensure French did not become a second language for newcomers. It was highly controversial btw.

French in New Orleans, seems to have maintained the edge up until Reconstruction Era. According to what I’ve gathered on the issue, most of the education within the city was only offered in French and the general exchange language was French. Migrants to the state (outside of the northeast and west Florida) were more inclined to assimilate in the sense of speak French than the other way around. After the civil war though, the situation changed drastically in a matter of years when French education was more or less abolished outside of catholic schools.

Personally, only Mississippi and Arkansas can I imagine becoming Francophone primarily in this time period. A situation wherein Haitian migration is increased more so and French migration is equally measured. Irish Catholic migration also would help, as many of the Irish migrants to Louisiana, would change their names and speak French for status and assimilation.
 
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