Why was la salle's expedition down the mississippi river important to france? france claimed all of canada. french claims extended from the st. lawrence river down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico. france was able to claim all of the ohio river valley.

Which of the following is an example of nationalism? a. a leader calls on his country's allies to protect his country from a threat posed by a neighboring nation-state. b. one country declares war on another power after that power invades the first country's ally. c. an activist organizes a protest of ethnic minorities in a country to demand that they be given their own country. d. under an alliance, one country promises to defend another country from an attack by a third.