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  Coronado claimed the land and villasur lost the battle to France
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        A mad named Coronado who led a Spanish expedition up Mexicos coast which is now know as Southwestern US - 
  
  
        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 power of France. - 
  
  France first claimed it when calvier claimed it for them. The 7 year war made france lose control of the land.
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        A french explorer documented his travels on the MIssouri and Platte river and encountered tribes and established trading. - 
  
  
        Villasur led the Spanish to Nebraska and got attack by local tribes and Indians and got killed. - 
  
  Spain took control of it during the 7 year war and lost it to napolian
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  They sold the land in 1803, then go it back in 1763 after France lost the war then lost it again. Napoleon takes it back.
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  The Lousiana Purchase made Thomas Jefferson claim the land.
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        A journey to Louisiana to explore the newly purchased land. - 
  
  
        President Thomas Jefferson and authorized by the United States government sent the miliarty out to explore the south and west of the recent Louisiana Purchase.