Jacques Marquette, found and claimed (from the help from the illionois indians) the Mississippi river.
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The name of the territory claimed for Louis XIV of France by Sieur de La Salle was Louisiana. The territory was centered around the Mississippi River.
Fighting began when the king of France tried to take the territory claimed by England in southern France and England also claimed the territory.
under French rule until 1803, when all the French territory west of the Mississippi River was purchased by the United States.i.e. it was first claimed by France .
Spain originally claimed the land west of the Mississippi. However, Russia claimed Alaska and some of the west coast. Mexico had won independence from Spain in 1810. Then Napoleon of France conquered Spain and all of its lands.
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They claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.
They claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.
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