1672, Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette.
Pierre Laclede and Rene Auguste Chouteau
The area claimed by the French would be labeled as 'B'.
in the late 1600s, which parts of north America were claimed by the french
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A man named Samuel De Champlain claimed New York.
The area between the Missouri river and the Mississippi
Quebec was originally claimed by the British who then lost it to the French
Jacques Cartier is the French explorer who claimed the area of present-day Canada for France in the 16th century, specifically the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the region surrounding it.
The first explorers to leave proof that they had been through South Dakota were the Verendrye brothers, Francois and Louis-Joseph, in 1743. At the end of March, 1743 the Verendrye brothers buried a lead plate at a site near present day Fort Pierre, South Dakota, to lay the basis for French sovereignty on the upper Missouri, seeking to establish French control of the entire Mississippi River drainage.
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 .
French and English both claimed what is current day Canada. Henry Hudson claimed Hudson Bay for England in 1611. However, the French founded Quebec City in 1608.
the name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who discovered a tribe of Indians of that name living in the area