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Which French colonial settlement on the great lakes linked the St.Lawrence and Mississippi river basins?
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Which French colonial settlement on the Great Lakes linked the St Lawrence and Mississippi river basins?
Detroit
What is the french settlement on the Mississippi river?
Ste. Genevieve
Who were the first people to settle in Mississippi?
Pierre Le Moyne was the first to settle in Mississippi and he establisht a French settlement at Old Biloxi.
Settlement founded by the French at the mouth of the Mississippi River?
New Orleans.
Why did the french settle new France along the StLawrence river?
yes
Name the 5 explorers who opened the Mississippi to the french trade and settlement?
tomnes andew, and iam wrong
Why might the french have chosen the Mississippi River Valley for settlement?
it was a better place were they could trade with other colonies.
What is oldest town along the Mississippi river?
The oldest city on the Mississippi River is Natchez, Ms (formerly) Fort Rosalie
Who discoverd and saild up the stlawrence river?
Jaques Cartier french explorator 1539
What is now the New Orleans settlement?
The City of New Orleans was founded as a trading community on the shores of the Mississippi River on the land that is currently occupied by the French Market and French Quarter.
Which 5 explorers opened the Mississippi to French trade and settlement?
1716 as Fort Rosalie, and remains a significant city. Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle he did not find Mississippi, traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi river and claimed for France.
Who decided to stay and settle in this state Louisiana?
The first European explorers to visit Louisiana came in 1528 when a Spanish expedition led by Panfilo de Narvaes located the mouth of the Mississippi River. The first permanent settlement, Fort Maurepas (at what is now Ocean Springs, Mississippi, near Biloxi), was founded by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, a French military officer from Canada, in 1699. By then the French had also built a small fort at the mouth of the Mississippi at a settlement they named La Balise (or La Balize), "seamark" in French.
