Directions: The following events were described in Chapter 3. First, determine the year the event occurred and write that in the second column. Then, based on your knowledge of the first attempts at colonization, place each event in its correct order in the first column. Use "1" for the first event and "18" for the last event. Order Year 1. The French and Indian War is fought to see who controls the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys. 2. Rene Robert LaSalle, Henri de Tonti, and Father Zenobius Membre claim the Mississippi River region for France. 3. The Treaty of Paris establishes the United States's southern boundary east of the Mississippi River at 31° north latitude. 4. Congress divides the Mississippi Territory into two states, creating Alabama. 5. The United States takes control of the Natchez District. 6. France sends Iberville from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico to establish a colony. 7. Christopher Columbus sails to the New World. 8. The United States establishes the Northwest Ordinance. 9. The Mississippi Territory is extended north to Tennessee, east to the Pearl River, and south to the Gulf of Mexico. 10. Bienville establishes a new base called New Orleans. 11. Hernando de Soto explores the southeastern part of North America. 12. France gives all of its territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans, to Great Britain. 13. Mississippi's first constitution is written. 14. Bienville builds Fort Rosalie at the present site of Natchez. 15. American colonists declare independence from Great Britain. 16. Mississippi becomes the twentieth state. 17. The United States gains the Natchez District from Spain. 18. Louis Jolliett and Father Jacques Marquette sail down the Mississippi River to the site of present-day Rosedale.