By_________ France had claimed much of what is now Central United States and ___________. Almost _______ Europeans had settled in the ______________________ territory. King __________ XIV of ___________ decided to strengthen French control of the region.
In_________ the French king appointed ___________Le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville as the first _____________ of ______________ .
After________________ died in _________, his brother_________-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville became governor of Louisiana. In _________he founded ________________ .
New ____________ became the ____________French settlement in Louisiana.
By _________ France claimed an area from ___________down the ________________River to the _________of Mexico. By _________ the French had ___________settlers, compared to 2 ____________in the English colonies.