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in 1534, Frenchmen come to the Americas to explore the Northern part of the East Cost.
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Since Jacques Cartier couldn't find a water passage, he decided to claim the large land mass we know today to be Canada.
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In 1608, Sameul de Champlian sailed up the St. Lawrence River and founded the Quebec. Quebec was a trading post for 150 years.
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Two exploreers Father Marquette and Louis Joliet went to explore the Mississippi river. They hoped it would flow all the way to the West Coast, but they found out that it only goes south, so they returned to New France, broken-hearted.
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On this day, Robert de La Salle went to the mouth of the Mississippi River and planted the French Flag, thus claiming everything West of the river. He named it Louisana, after King Louis XIV
