Why did some powers want to retain their colonies?
They wanted help in repaying war debts.
They wanted to increase their respect for human rights.
They wanted to control the supplies of natural resources.
They wanted to support the provisions of the Atlantic Charter.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.