USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Over the next several decades, the French built a series of trading posts on the Mississippi. New Orleans, founded in 1718 near the River’s mouth, was named the capital of Louisiana, symbolizing French control of the entire River.

Detailed explanation-2: -Further west, New France encompassed the Great Lakes region (known as the pays d’en haut or “upper country”) and the area of the Mississippi River valley stretching down to the Gulf Coast and Louisiana. In these territories the French established a network of trading posts, forts and missions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cahokia is the oldest permanent settlement on the Mississippi River, first established in 1699 by a small group of Frenchmen from Montreal and Quebec.

Detailed explanation-4: -1699: First European settlement in Mississippi established Fort Maurepas was built in present day Ocean Springs by Frenchmen Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville and his brother, Jean Baptiste de Bienville, among the Biloxi, Pascagoula, Acolapissa, Quinipissa, Mugulasha, and other coastal groups.

Detailed explanation-5: -The French were primarily interested in establishing commercially viable colonial outposts, so they created extensive trading networks throughout New France. They relied on native hunters to harvest furs, especially beaver pelts, and to exchange these items for French goods, like glass beads.