Spanish & French Exploration
This Spanish explorer described the Native Americans he encountered in present-day Oklahoma and wrote about the huge number of bison
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
French traders wanted these from Native Americans because they could be sold in European markets.
animal hides/furs
The introduction of this animal greatly changed Native American hunting and transportation.
horses
This U.S. president purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.
Thomas Jefferson
In 1806, Jefferson assembled a southwestern expedition that explored the Red River to the edge of present-day Oklahoma
Pike-Wilkinson Expedition
Spanish explorers were often looking for this valuable resource in the New World.
gold (and other mineral wealth)
Native Americans wanted guns, ammunition, and these useful objects from French traders.
metal tools
Horses made hunting easier because they allowed Native Americans to do this more easily.
travel long distances/follow and hunt bison more easily
The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for this amount of money
$15 million
This Spanish explorer traveled through present-day Oklahoma in 1541.
Who was Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Coronado formed an alliance with this Native American group that lived in grass huts, hunted bison, and farmed pumpkins.
Wichita
One reason many Native Americans supported the French over the Spanish was because the French treated them this way.
less harshly or nicer
Horses could carry approximately this many times more than a human could carry
about 20 times
Jefferson sent these two explorers to explore the Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark
This 1803 event added a huge amount of land to the United States
Louisiana Purchase
Unlike the Spanish, the French were especially interested in doing this with Native Americans.
trade
Increased competition for animal hides could lead to more of this between Native American tribes.
warfare/conflict
This exchange moved foods, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World and New World after Columbus's voyages
Columbian Exchange
This 1819 treaty established the boundary between the United States and Spanish Mexico.
Adams-Onís Treaty
This French explorer established relationships with Native American tribes while exploring eastern Oklahoma.
Jean Baptiste Bernard de La Harpe
This French explorer saw eastern Oklahoma as having great potential for the fur trade.
Jean Baptiste Bernard de La Harpe
La Harpe believed eastern Oklahoma had potential for this economic activity
fur trade
This part of the Columbian Exchange caused a devastating decline in Native American populations.
European disease/smallpox
This explorer is connected to the description of the Great American Desert
Major Stephen H. Long
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This area in Oklahoma became important because of its location along major rivers and its role in trade.
Three Forks Area