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Marquette, Joliet, LaSalle  Assignment

 

1.     Using the map, label the explorations of Marquette and Joliet, andLaSalle.  Use a different color for each.  Label on the map:

*   North America

*   Canada

*   Mexico

*   Atlantic Ocean

*   Mississippi River

*   Lake Superior

*   Lake Michigan

*   Lake Ontario

*   Lake Erie

*   Lake Huron

 

2.     What is the same about the trips of Marquette and Joliet, and LaSalle?  Name at least three things which are similar.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

3.     The French explorers never found the Northwest Passage.  Were their trips a failure?  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

4.     Was New France a successful colony for France? Why or why not? _________________________________________________________________________________

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