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Nov 12, 1534
Jaques Cartier
In 1534, Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River for the The reason why French explored, the French wanted a larger empire so they got spices, riches, they even wanted animal fur to get what they enjoy! -
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain established the settlement of Quebec (located in canada) on the same river that Jacues Carter explored in 1534 exept he established the settlement in 1608. -
Rene-Robert de La Salle
He was in search of the Northwest passage, and the mississippi river. -
Father Jacques Marquette
Marquette thought it was a great opportunity to spread Christianity among the Indians they may meet on the way to find the river, so in May of 1673 a 7-man expedition set off in birch bark canoes. They traveled west along the north shore of Lake Michigan to Green Bay, then up the Fox River. They reached the Mississippi in mid-June. Marquette and the others continued down the Mississippi, but by now they realized that it did not lead to the Pacific Ocean. -
Louis Jolliet
He was the first European explorer to travel around the mississippi river from the great lakes. He traveled 2500 miles. The rason he traveled because he did not know much about where the river would take him -
King Louis
Fall of King Louis-Philippe; Louis-Napoleon, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, proclaimed president of Second Republic.
