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C. Columbus arrived at America from Spain.
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Marquette and Jolliet led an expidetion down the Mississippi river.
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Robert De La Salle claims the Mississppi river and names Louisiana and claims it.
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St. Genevieve was founded.
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France gives up Louisiana to Spain.
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Laclede and Chouteau chose a place for a trading post that will eventually become St.Louis.
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Napoleon forces Spain to give Louisiana back to France.
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Thomas Jefferson becomes President.
