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Coronado’s Expedition
he was a leader that led a large expedition from mexico to present day kansas -
Jacques Marquette’s Expedition
Father Jacques Marquette and fur trader Louis Joliet set out on a four-month voyage that carried them thousands of miles through the heart of North America to explore the path of the Mississippi River -
Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont comes to Nebraska
Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont — reached the mouth of the Platte. He named it the "Nebraskier River," using an Oto word that means "flat water." -
Villasur’s Expedition
it was a spanish military expedition to influence on the north american great plains -
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Spain claims the land that is now Nebraska
At the end of the 1600s both France and Spain had claimed the area that would become Nebraska, but in 1763 Spain won title to the trans-Mississippi region -
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France claims the land that is now Nebraska
French people have been present in the U.S. state of Nebraska since before it achieved statehood in 1867. The area was originally claimed by France in 1682 as part of La Louisiane -
The United States claims the land that is now Nebraska
in the Kansas-Nebraska Act. as part of the Louisiana Purchase. in the Mexican-American War -
Lewis and Clark’s Expedition
it was the united states expedition to cross the new western portion of the country after the Louisiana purchase -
Zebulon Pike’s Expedition
it was a military party sent out by president thomas jefferson and authorized by the united states government