The two French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explored the Illinois River in 1673. However it wasn't until 1680 before anyone settled there.
The French settled in the Gulf of Mexico, near the Mississippi's mouth. They also settled in and founded Quebec. They settled near the St. Lawrence river as well. And the Great Lakes region was another place they settled at. Actually they settled in modern day -Quebec -Montreal -Canada -Detroit -Green Bay -St.Louis -Mobile -Biloxi -Baton Rouge -New Orleans -Port-au-Prince and Haiti
The aryan invaders settled in the ganges river valley:)
The Dutch first settled in the area in the 1600s. Native Americans were the Delaware, Mahican and Wappinger tribes--part of the Algonquin language group.
Rene Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle was a famous French explorer in the late 1600s. He journeyed to the Great Lakes region of America, as well as the Mississippi River. He claimed part of these territories for France.
The extent of the French possessions was mostly along the Mississippi River and the St. Lawrence Valley.
They fought for the land and mostly for the Ohio River Valley because there were good trade routes and fertile land.
In 1604 the first group of French settlers in Acadia settled on an island located on what is now the international border between New Brunswick and Maine at the mouth of the Saint Croix River.
South America....mostly in Brazil
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The French did not settle in the Middle Colonies of America. The Middle Colonies were predominantly settled by English, Dutch, and German immigrants. The French focused their colonial efforts more in present-day Canada and regions along the Mississippi River.
Some Quakers came to North America in the early days settled along the Delaware River.
The Dutch first settled around the Hudson River, in modern-day New York.
Nashville TN was known as French Lick.
The world's second longest river is the Amazon at 6,437 km which is mostly in Brazil in South America, where they speak Portugese.
The Dutch first settled around the Hudson River, in modern-day New York.
At the moment the second longest river in the world is the Amazon River in South America. The Amazon River is mostly located in Brazil, but is also located in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Guyana in South America.