Question

5. On what day did La Salle claim Louisiana, the Mississippi River, and its tributaries to be
officially for France?

Answer 1

Answer:

April 9, 1682

Explanation:

After many vicissitudes, La Salle and Tonty succeeded in canoeing down the Mississippi and reached the Gulf of Mexico. There, on April 9, 1682, the explorer proclaimed the whole Mississippi basin for France and named it Louisiana.