Jaques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet were both explores of the lands and both had the same goal, which was to explore until they found a suitable place to set up a trading post. Jacques Marquette was born on June 10, 1637 and was awas a Catholic missionary and explorer. He was born in Loan, France and later became a Jesuit missionary. Louis Jolliet was a French-Canadian trader and explorer. Jolliet was born in Québec City and raised in a Jesuit seminary. Unlike Marquette, he decided he didn't want to became a priest and became a trader with the Indians instead. As mentioned previously, both Marquette and Jolliet were both explorers and so they met in a trading post since jolliet worked as a fur trader. When they met they both undertook a journey to explore the territory in North America from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico. During this trip they left with several men in canoes and thats when they entered the Mississippi River arrived in present-day Arkansas in June 1673. Which therefore, made them the first Europeans to come into contact with the Indians. They did many expeditions together but the importance of the expedition of Marquette and Joliet includes the realization of French dreams of an all-water route between the Great Lakes region and the Gulf of Mexico. French officials based on reports from Marquette, Joliet, and Arkansas’s Qua paw Indians,could begin to build forts to along the river, place a barrier between themselves and the English colonies, and expand the Catholic faith. The exploration of Marquette and Jolliet influenced other Frenchmen to explore more and learn more about the countries.
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet were both explores of the lands and both had the same goal, which was to explore until they found a suitable place to set up a trading post. Jacques Marquette was born on June 10, 1637 and was awas a Catholic missionary and explorer. He was born in Loan, France and later became a Jesuit missionary. Louis Jolliet was a French-Canadian trader and explorer. Jolliet was born in Québec City and raised in a Jesuit seminary. Unlike Marquette, he decided he didn't want to became a priest and became a trader with the Indians instead. As mentioned previously, both Marquette and Jolliet were both explorers and so they met in a trading post since jolliet worked as a fur trader. When they met they both undertook a journey to explore the territory in North America from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico. During this trip they left with several men in canoes and thats when they entered the Mississippi River arrived in present-day Arkansas in June 1673. Which therefore, made them the first Europeans to come into contact with the Indians. They did many expeditions together but the importance of the expedition of Marquette and Joliet includes the realization of French dreams of an all-water route between the Great Lakes region and the Gulf of Mexico. French officials based on reports from Marquette, Joliet, and Arkansas’s Qua paw Indians,could begin to build forts to along the river, place a barrier between themselves and the English colonies, and expand the Catholic faith. The exploration of Marquette and Jolliet influenced other Frenchmen to explore more and learn more about the countries. 
I like the fact that you wrote about these individuals instead of the normal Anne Hutchinson or Jonathon Edwards. There was some points were the sentences were placed a little awkwardly, but you did good.:)
ReplyDeleteHey Karina.. You blog had a lot of good information and detailed information. But sometimes you didn't state clearly the point that you were trying to make and it made no sense.
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