FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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to begin a colony in Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi River
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to explore the Mississippi River valley
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to challenge Spain by building a fort in Spanish territory
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to get supplies from French settlements on the Great Lakes
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Detailed explanation-1: -La Salle secured a contract for the colonization of lower Louisiana from Louis XIV in 1683. The plan was to reach the Mississippi by sea and secure a permanent settlement upriver that would provide the French with a strategic advantage over Spanish interests throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -With Spain and France at war, La Salle planned to establish a colony sixty leagues up the river as a base for striking Mexico, afflicting Spanish shipping, and blocking English expansion, while providing a warmwater port for the Mississippi valley fur trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -After many vicissitudes, La Salle and Tonty succeeded in canoeing down the Mississippi and reached the Gulf of Mexico. There, on April 9, 1682, the explorer proclaimed the whole Mississippi basin for France and named it Louisiana.
Detailed explanation-4: -La Salle envisioned a warm-water port on the Gulf of Mexico to serve his commercial aims and French designs of empire. Returning to France, he won royal support for a voyage to the Mississippi through the Gulf to establish a colony on the lower river.