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Period: 1540 to
Spain claims the land that is now Nebraska 1
Coronado claimed the land and villasur lost the battle to France -
Sep 22, 1554
Coronado’s Expedition
A mad named Coronado who led a Spanish expedition up Mexicos coast which is now know as Southwestern US -
Jacques Maerqette’s Expedition
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. -
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France claims the land that is now Nebraska
France first claimed it when calvier claimed it for them. The 7 year war made france lose control of the land. -
Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont comes to Nebraskawh
A french explorer documented his travels on the MIssouri and Platte river and encountered tribes and established trading. -
Villasur’s Expedition
Villasur led the Spanish to Nebraska and got attack by local tribes and Indians and got killed. -
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Spain claims NE 2
Spain took control of it during the 7 year war and lost it to napolian -
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France claims Nebraska again 2
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 United States claims the land that is now Nebraska
The Lousiana Purchase made Thomas Jefferson claim the land. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
A journey to Louisiana to explore the newly purchased land. -
Zebulon Pike’s Expedition
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.