USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fort Saint Louis des Illinois, built by Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, exerted a profound effect on early American history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fort Louis or Fort Saint Louis was a French fort that stood in Pondicherry on the eastern coast of India. The fort was built around 1701 by François Martin and completed posthumously around 1706.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -This settlement was founded by a French explorer named Robert Rene de La Salle and by him was named Fort St Louis in honor of his King, Louis the XIV of France.

Detailed explanation-5: -St. Louis can be found in the journal of La Salle’s trusted lieutenant, Henri Joutel. After La Salle was murdered in 1687 by his own men, Joutel made his way to Canada, and from there, to France, taking his notes with him.