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Q: Why were French exploreres interested in claiming the Mississippi River and having access to the great lakes?
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Which famous french exploreers sailed down the Mississippi river claiming it for France?

which famous french explorers sailed down the mississippi river claiming it for france


What French trade led to their claiming land from the Great Lakes down to the Mississippi and Louisiana?

Fur


What french explorer named the land at the mouth of the Mississippi river claiming lands for France?

La Salle


Why were the French interested in exploring the Mississippi River?

The French wanted to see if there was a river route to the Pacific. The French also obtained New Orleans from the Spanish and it was a very profitable trade route.


Give two reasons the french were interested in exploring the Mississippi and its tributaries?

La salle explored new france#1


How was the Louisiana territory named and why?

robert de la salle explored the entire length of the mississippi river and he planted a french flag at the mouth of the river claiming everything west of the mississippi river for france and he named the vast area louisiana after the french monarch king louis XIV


French were interested in?

The French were interested in colonizing. This was in Southeast Asia.


Who tracked the Mississippi to gulf of Mexico?

Robert Cavelier de la Salle was a French explorer credited with claiming Louisiana and the Mississippi River Basin for France. In addition, he explored much of the United States' Midwest region, portions of Eastern Canada, and the Great Lakes.


What is Mississippi in French?

Mississippi in French is "Mississippi." It is spelled and pronounced the same in both languages.


How do you say Mississippi river in French?

The Mississippi river is called 'le fleuve Mississippi' in French. Fleuve (masc.) is the French name for a river that empties directly into a sea or ocean.


Who found Mississippi?

The French founded Mississippi.


How give two reasons the French were interested in exploring the Mississippi it tributaries?

The Native Americans showed Marquette the Mississippi River while rowing him in a canoe.