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.Ohio CountryRelated: French claims connected the Ohio Country to a larger interior corridor toward the Mississippi.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.René-Robert CavelierRelated: La Salle gave the Mississippi basin the name Louisiana during his 1682 claim.