robert de la salle by : anna deam. robert de la salle was a nobleman from france. in 1666 he sailed...
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La Salle had to borrow money to finance his expedition. He named the mouth of the Mississippi River for the French King.TRANSCRIPT
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Robert de la SalleBy : Anna Deam
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Robert de la Salle was a nobleman from France. In 1666 he sailed to New France. He was a fur trader and new lots of Indians that told
him about a river that flowed south to the Golf of Mexico.
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La Salle had to borrow money to finance his expedition. He named the mouth of the Mississippi
River for the French King.
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La Salle planed to establish a sea route from France to the Mississippi River. Then he went to France and
received the kings permission.
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In 1684 La Salle sailed to America with 200 settlers. They spent 6 months crossing the Atlantic, then missed the mouth of the Mississippi by 500 miles to the west.
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La Salle made a colony there on the coast of Texas. They became starving and convinced he was crazy his
own men murdered him.
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La Salle ended up claiming the entire Mississippi valley for France. During his sails he learned many Native American languages.
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Bibliography:Social Studies Alive! Palo Alto, CA: Teachers
Curriculum Institute, 2010. 66-67