Unit 4 Lesson 1 Notes

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3 questions

Lesson 1: The French in Louisiana
pages 148-151

A: La Salle Claims Louisiana

In _______ New _______ consisted only a few fur trading posts in Canada. _______ French explorers reached a mighty _______ flowing south. Native Americans called it the Mississippi- “_______ of _______”
The first _______ colonists to explore the Mississippi River were _______, a missionary, and_______, a fur trader.
La Salle sailed to _______to gather support for a new _______. Two _______ later he returned with several_______ men. The plan was to sail across the Gulf of _______ and build a settlement. A poor navigator, he sailed _______miles past the mouth of the river, landing in present-day _______. In the end, La Salle was _______ by his own men.

B: Settling Louisiana
pages 150-151

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.

YOU MAY USE THE GLOSSARY.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
tributary		river or stream that flows into a larger river
territory		area of land controlled by another country