KnowraLouisiana (New France)Linked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Louisiana (New France), each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 4Related 5Compared with 1Treaty of Paris (1763)Related: France transferred its Louisiana claims west of the Mississippi to Spain as part of the settlement.French colonization of the AmericasBroader topic: It connected Canada to the Gulf of Mexico through the Mississippi watershed.New FranceBroader topic: It shows how New France extended far beyond the St. Lawrence settlements.Ohio CountryRelated: French claims connected the Ohio Country to a larger interior corridor toward the Mississippi.Spanish FloridaCompared with: French claims and settlements created another imperial rival along Florida’s western approaches.Louis JollietRelated: Jolliet’s findings helped clarify the river system later claimed for France by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.Jacques MarquetteRelated: The expedition’s reports helped establish French geographic knowledge later used to claim the region.French AmericaBroader topic: It connected French settlements from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.History of MissouriBroader topic: French settlements in Missouri were part of this vast Mississippi-centered colony.René-Robert CavelierRelated: La Salle gave the Mississippi basin the name Louisiana during his 1682 claim.