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Learn about the French expedition led by LaSalle, the establishment of Fort St. Louis in Texas, the hardships faced by the French settlers, and the ultimate fate of the expedition. Explore the significance of the shipwrecked vessel La Belle and its historical importance.
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Explorers, Lesson 3 Model responses for the questions. Review
P. 76, True/False Questions • 1. F needed to add “Valley”, called it Louisiana, after the French King Louis XIV • 2. T • 3. F the French established Ft. St. Louis to try and keep the Spanish out • 4. T • 5. F LaSalle made many errors, failed
P. 77, Question 1: • Why did England, France, and the Netherlands want colonies in the New World?
P. 77, Question 1--response: • They wanted to match the discoveries and conquests of Spain.
P. 77, Question 2 • How did Louisiana get its name?
P. 77 Question 2, response: • LaSalle claimed the entire Miss. River Valley for France, he named it Louisiana after his King Louis XIV
P. 77 Question 3 • What was Fort. St. Louis like?
P. 77 Question 3, response: • Fort St. Louis was made of a stockade fence with a church and some huts in the settlement
P. 77, Question 4 • List the main events leading to the establishment of a French settlement in Texas
P. 77 Question 4—response: • LaSalle reached the delta of the Mississippi River • He returned to France and got the King’s support to build a colony • He led a voyage of French settlers, but they lost their way and instead landed in coastal Texas and built a stockade called Ft. St. Louis at Garcitas Creek
P. 78 Question 5 • Main hardships faced by the French at Fort St. Louis?
P. 78 Question 6 • Why did La Salle leave Fort St. Louis?
P. 78 Question 6, response: • The fort needed supplies and La Salle wanted to get to another French fort at Great Lakes in order to get more supplies sent to Fort St. Louis
P. 78, Question 7 • Why do you think LaSalle was murdered?
P. 78 , Question 7—response: • After leaving Ft. St. Louis in Texas with a group of his own men in order go North to the Great Lakes (contact more French in the North), his men were upset about his failure to find the Mississippi River and his abusive methods
P. 79, Question 8 • Why did the French establish Ft. St. Louis?
P. 79,, Question 8, response: • To claim the land for France and to set up a base from which to look for the Mississippi River.
P. 79, Writing #1 • How did the French end up in Texas?
P. 79, Writing #1, response: • LaSalle was returning from France with a group of settlers to begin the French at the Mississippi River mouth and delta areas in Louisiana, but he got lost and went ashore on the TX Coast of Matagorda Bay.
P. 79, Writing 2: Question • How did the Spanish respond to the French attempt to settle in New Spain?
P. 75, Writing, #2—response • The Spanish were upset with the French moving into what they considered part of New Spain. This made the Spanish focus on settling the eastern area of their colony, which is what you call Texas today.
Stockade: a crude or rough log fence used for protection of a fort or group of soldiers/settlers
In 1684, French King Louis XIV sent explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, across the ocean with four ships and 400 people to North America. The explorer was to land at the mouth of the Mississippi River, establish a colony and trade routes, and locate Spanish silver mines. That plan was never realized. Instead, in a series of remarkable circumstances, La Salle lost ships to pirates and disaster, sailed past his destination, and was murdered by his own men. In 1686, La Belle, the one remaining expedition ship, wrecked in a storm and sank to the muddy bottom of Matagorda Bay where it rested undisturbed for over 300 years. In 1995, archaeologists located the 17th century ship and began a decades-long and often unprecedented process of excavating, recovering, and conserving the ship's hull, along with more than 1.6 million artifacts. La Belle is the central artifact in the Museum's first-floor galleries, and introduces new scholarship on early Texas history through the 17th-century ship, select original artifacts, and a multi-sensory film.
