Who was the first french explorer in america ? a. jacques cartier b. giovanni da verrazano c. samuel de champlain d. pere jacques marquette e. louis jolliet

The correct answer is A) Jacques Cartier.

Jacques Cartier was the first French explorer in America.

Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) was a French explorer sailed across St. Lawrence River in Canada. French King Francis I order him to sail the oceans and find new territories in 1534. France wanted to get raw materials and natural resources the kingdom could use. So Jaques navigated to the Northern lands of North America and arrived in May 1534 to the territories of what today is Canada and established a base in Quebec.

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secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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