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What is bartering?
to trade one thing for another without using money
What is an expedition?
a long journey or trip to learn about new things
What is an industry?
a type of business
What is one reason for the battle between Villasur and Pawnee?
The French feared that the Spanish would try to take the land they claimed.
What is the main reason white settlers wanted to control the Mississippi River?
make money from trapping
What was one of the most important resources explorers found in NE?
fur
-founded the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company
-traveled up the Missouri River and built a fort
-worked with local Plains Indians
Manuel Lisa
Why is the Louisiana Purchase important to the history of the USA and to NE?
-gave 8000 sq miles back too the US
-doubled the size of the US territory
-a change to discover new people, plants, animals, and resources
What is Mrs. Peter's husband's name?
Tim
Why is Fort Atkinson important to NE?
-housed 1200 soldiers
-place for fur trappers to rest
-became the 1st place in NE to have a school, library, sawmill bowling alley