Who was Peter the Great?

answer choices are :

1. he was a catholic priest who ministered to the native.

2. he was an explorer sponsored by the french settlement on the mississippi river.

3. he explored the st..lawrence river for the french.

4. he was a businessman looking for more profitable fur trading settlements.

correct answer choice is :

louis jolliet was a french canadian explorer recognized for his innovations in north america. jolliet and jesuit father jacques marquette, a catholic priest, and preacher, were the first non-natives to search and map the mississippi river in 1673. joliet's transportation tubes involved the des plaines river, a road that accompanied the sauk trail, the illinois & michigan canal, and the rock island railroad, which ran through the business region.