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1540
Coronado’s Expedition BEGINNING
The Coronados Expedition traveled from Mexico north through the future U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. -
Period: 1540 to
Spains 1st claim to Nebraska
The leader of the Spainiards - Villasur got killed in the battle they started. They wanted Nebraska so they fought for it. -
Jacques Maerqette’s Expedition BEGINNING
In 1673, Father Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader, undertook an expedition to explore the unsettled territory in North America from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico for the colonial power of France. -
Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont comes to Nebraska BEGINNING
Veniard was a French explorer who documented his travels on the Missouri and Platte rivers in North America and made the first European maps of these areas in the early 18th century. -
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Frances 1st claim to Nebraska
Cavalier lost the 7 year war. Napolian took Nebraska from him. -
Villasur’s Expedition BEGINNING
Villasur’s Expedition was a Spanish military expedition intended to check New France's growing influence on the North American Great Plains, led by Lieutenant-General Pedro de Villasur. They also wanted to find out who was in control of the fur trades and stop them. -
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Spains 2nd claim to Nebraska
They won the 7 year was and took it from the french. Napolean took it. -
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Frances 2nd claim to Nebraska
Napolean sold it to the US- Louisiana Purchase. -
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USA who still owns Nebraska
They bought it in the Louisiana Purchase and they still own it today. -
Lewis and Clark’s Expedition BEGINNING
Lewis and Clark’s Expedition was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The people leading this expidition were Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark. -
Zebulon Pike’s Expedition BEGINNING
The Pike Expedition was a military party sent out by President Thomas Jefferson and authorized by the United States government to explore the south and west of the recent Louisiana Purchase.