it was a better place were they could trade with other colonies.
Ste. Genevieve
Pierre Le Moyne was the first to settle in Mississippi and he establisht a French settlement at Old Biloxi.
New Orleans.
Marco polo
Detroit
tomnes andew, and iam wrong
A french explorer who explored the mississippi river valley. He claimed the land for his king.
The extent of the French possessions was mostly along the Mississippi River and the St. Lawrence Valley.
trade and settlement in the Ohio Valley
The oldest city on the Mississippi River is Natchez, Ms (formerly) Fort Rosalie
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.
The Ohio River valley, the Mississippi river valley, and the entire great lakes region