Historical map of usa (animated)

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The top ten languages in the USA, other than English

1. Spanish 2. Chinese 3. French 4. German

5. Vietnamese 6. Tagalog 7. Korean 8. Russian 9. Italian

10. Portuguese Source: http://www.alsintl.com/blog/top-10-languages/

The four most spoken languages in the

USA are

1. English

2.Spanish

3.Chinese

4. French

According to the U.S. Census Bureau 2010, nearly 1-in-5 people, or 47 million U.S.

residents age 5 and older, spoke a language other than English at home at the turn of the

21st century. The report, Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000, affirmed that 55

percent of the people who spoke a language other than English at home in the U.S. also

reported that they spoke English “very well.”

After English and Spanish, Chinese was the language most commonly spoken at home

(2.0 million speakers), followed by French (1.6 million speakers) and German (1.4 million

speakers). Of the 20 non-English languages most frequently spoken at home, the second

largest proportional increase was for French Creole speakers (the language group that

includes Haitian Creoles), whose numbers more than doubled from 188,000 to 453,000.

In the state of New Jersey, there are approximately 40,000 people who speak French at

home, and more than 21,000 who speak French Creole. [Source: http://www.census.gov/]

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Purple dots indicate large concentration of French speakers in the US

US Census Bureau 2010

Regions with large concentration of French speakers in the USA

1. Northeast 2. Southeast 3. California

After the discovery of America in 1492, several European nations sent

explorers and conquerors to find new riches and to claim and control new

lands. The conquerors were to rule over the people who already lived there, by

imposing hard work, new language, customs and religion.

Punishment was severe to those who resisted the new system. Many lost their

lives while fighting for their freedom.

But is was not all pleasant for the conquerors. All European explorers in America

encountered intense cold, disease and death. They found unknown hazards and

uncharted routes. They met Native Americans who might be friend or foe, and other

Europeans ready to go to war to fight over new territories. They even fought fiercely

among themselves (treason, envy, vengeance) or for power and found treasures.

The early French explorers and settlers claimed ownership of the land and bodies of

water they discovered during their expeditions, in the name of the king of France.

They named these places with French names. For example, Louisiana, Vermont,

Pierre (South Dakota), Boise (Idaho), Des Moines (Iowa), Detroit (Michigan), Baton

Rouge and New Orleans (Louisiana), Montpelier (Vermont), Eau Claire and Racine

(Wisconsin), Provo (Utah), Belle Plaine (Iowa), Fond du Lac (Minnesota), Sault Sainte

Marie (Michigan), and Lake Champlain.

Name five places with French names in the USA

1. Louisiana

2. Vermont

3. Pierre (SD)

4. Boise (ID)

5. Des Moines (IO)

5. Detroit (MI)

7. Baton Rouge (LA)

8. Montpelier (VT)

9. Provo (UT)

10. Lake Champlain (NY)

1. Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) was a French explorer who

led three expeditions to Canada between 1534 and 1541. He

was looking for a route to the Pacific through North America

but did not find one. Cartier paved the way for French

exploration of North America.

Cartier sailed inland, going 1,000 miles up the St. Lawrence

River. He also tried to start a settlement in Quebec (in 1541),

but it was abandoned after a terribly cold winter. Cartier was

given directions by Huron-Iroquois Indians for the route to

"kanata," a village near what is now Quebec, but Cartier later

named the entire region Canada.

2. Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) was a French

explorer and navigator who mapped much of

northeastern North America and started a settlement

in Quebec. Champlain also discovered the lake later

named for him (1609) and was important in

establishing and administering the French colonies in

the New World.

3. Father Jacques Marquette (1637-1675) was a French

Jesuit priest and explorer. He sailed to Quebec in 1666 and in

1671 started a Chippewa mission at the western end of Lake

Superior. Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette found the

Mississippi River in 1673. They traveled along Lake Michigan

to Green Bay, canoed up the Fox River, and went downstream

on the Wisconsin River to the Mississippi River. They traveled

almost to the mouth of the Arkansas, and then stopped

because they were warned of hostile Indians and Spanish

explorers. They returned via the Illinois River, then the

Chicago River to Lake Michigan.

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4.René-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle

(1643-1687) was a French explorer. He was sent by King Louis XIV to travel

south from Canada and sail down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

He was the first European to travel the length of the Mississippi River (1682).

His mission was to explore and establish fur-trade routes along the river. La

Salle named the entire Mississippi basin Louisiana, in honor of King Louis

XIV and claimed it for France on April 9, 1682. He also explored Lake

Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. He tried to start a

settlement in the southern Mississippi River Valley, but the venture ended in

disaster due to illnesses and wars. Louisiana was passed to the Spanish in

1763, then was returned to French control in 1802.

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5. Antoine Laumet de La Mothe de Cadillac (1658 -1730) was a French

explorer, soldier, and leader. Cadillac founded the city of Detroit in

1701 and was the governor of the Louisiana Territory from 1710 to

1717. The city of Cadillac (in Michigan, USA), Cadillac Mountain (in

Maine, USA), and the Cadillac car (an upscale General Motors car

produced since 1903) are all named for Antoine de Cadillac.

Name three (3) French explorers of the USA

1. Jacques Cartier

2. Samuel de Champlain

3. Father Jacques Marquette

4. René-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle

5. Antoine Laumet de La Mothe de Cadillac

In 1803, US President Thomas Jefferson

arranged the purchase of the Louisiana Territory

from the emperor of France, Napoleon

Bonaparte. This would allow the US access to

the Mississippi River and to the Gulf of Mexico. Show me videos

The Louisiana purchase http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=Z6G7gyx

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The Louisiana Purchase is considered the

greatest real estate deal in history. The United

States purchased the Louisiana Territory from

France at a price of $15 million, or approximately

four cents an acre. The purchase was completed

on April 30, 1803.

The ratification of the Louisiana Purchase treaty

by the Senate on October 20, 1803, doubled the

size of the United States and opened up the

continent to its westward expansion.

The Louisiana Purchase. Draw a map of the USA in

your French notebook. Then, color the Louisiana

territory as it was in 1803.

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Sale Price:

American President:

French Emperor:

Year: 1803

15 million

Thomas Jefferson

Napoleon Bonaparte