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Period: 1540 to
Spain claims the land that is now Nebraska
Spain claims the land when they sent a major to this area. They had this land for nearly 200 years. They lost it when Villasur was sent to the area to check on french's fur traders progress. When they lost a battle against the Pawnee and Oto they lost the area. -
Apr 23, 1541
Coronado's expedition
Coronado led a Spanish expedition up Mexico's western coast and into the region that is now the southwestern united states. -
Apr 23, 1541
Coronado's expidition
Coronado led a major Spanish expedition up Mexico's western coast and into the region that is now the southwestern United States. -
Jacques marquette's expidition
Marquette set out to found a mission with the Illinois Indians, but, he was caught in the winter, he and two friends camped close to present day Chicago, and then became the first Europeans to live there. Marquette reached the Indians (near what is now Utica, Ill.) -
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France claims Nebraska
Cavalier Sailed down the Mississippi, and claimed all of the land that had water that flowed into the river. They lost it in the 7 year war. -
Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont comes to Nebraska
In 1714, a French explorer with a long name — Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont — reached the mouth of the Platte. He named it the "Nebraskier River," using an Oto word that means "flat water." Bourgmont had been in North America for 27 years and was a remarkable soldier, trader, and explorer. -
Villasur's Expedition
The Spanish sent around 100 soldiers to midwestern Nebraska to check on the french's progress in the midwestern plains. They tried to make friends with the Pawnee and Oto, during the morning the spaniards got attacked, it was a brutal battle, only a few escaped and one was shot 9 times and scalped. -
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Spain claims Nebraska for the 2nd time
They won the 7 year war at took Nebraska for the 2nd time. Napoleon secretly took the area. They made a treaty with Spain for the land. No other countries knew about it. When Napoleon realized he couldn't control the area, he sold it to Thomas Jefferson in 1803. -
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France claims Nebraska for the 2nd time
They made a treaty with Spain for the land. No other countries knew about it. When Napoleon realized he couldn't control the area, he sold it to Thomas Jefferson in 1803. -
Lewis and Clark expedition
Lewis and Clark's team mapped uncharted land, rivers, and mountains. They brought back journals filled with details about Native American tribes and scientific notes about plants and animals they'd never seen before. They also brought back stories—tales that made other Americans dream about heading west. -
Zebulon Pikes expedition
Zebulon Pike, the U.S. Army officer who in 1805 led an exploring party in search of the source of the Mississippi River, sets off with a new expedition to explore the American Southwest. Pike was instructed to seek out headwaters of the Arkansas and Red rivers and to investigate Spanish settlements in New Mexico.