Unit 4 Lesson 1 Notes Modified - Kelsey Hummel | Library

Unit 4 
Lesson 1 The French in Louisiana
pages 148-151

A: La Salle Claims Louisiana

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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.

Other Answer Choices:

Louis Jolliet

river

400

France

1670

years

Water

hundred

Mexico

Jacques Marquette

killed

Father

French

Two

colony

Texas

B: Settling Louisiana
pages 150-151

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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.

MATCH THE VOCABULARY WORDS TO THE CORRECT DEFINITION. 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