Marquette and Joliet
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He sent lewis and Clark
Zebulon Pike. President Thomas Jefferson send Pike to explore the Upper Mississippi at the same time he sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Missouri.
Lewis and Clark where send my their former president Thomas Jefferson to explore the land that at that time had not been explored by the U.S.
the presidentwanted them to go because he wanted them to explore so they could chart and route the Mississippi river.
The French came to the Ohio River Valley because it allowed them to control the Mississippi river and the valley offered a bountiful amount of fertile farmland which was not offered in their Quebec territory.
Farmers depended on the river to send goods to the market.
Because he was send by the Governer of the new France. which is now part of canada.They were sent to find a route to the pacific ocean.The governer has nbeen hearing the good stuff about the river on the south side of the river of America,so he sent Jacques Marquette to explore the Mississippi River
King Henry IV did not send Samuel de Champlain to explore. Samuel de Champlain was actually sponsored by the French government and the fur trading company, the Company of One Hundred Associates, to explore and establish French colonies in North America.
Cities along the Mississippi River could send ships to trade with other countries.
George Washington
the lower mississippi river