LOUIS JOLLIET

When was Louis Jolliet born?

• No one knows.

• Summer,1492

• Sept. 21, 1645

• June, 2016

• No one cares.

How many trips/expditions did he take? (hint, Mississippi; Hudson)

• 3

• 1

• 5

• 6

• 15

Who traveled with Jolliet on his trip down the Mississippi river?

• Jaques Marquette

• Amerigo Vespucci

• No one.

Louis Jolliet was a(n)

• musician

• hydrographer

• fur trader

• explorer

• wagon maker

Who commissioned his main expidition?

• King Ferdinad and Queen Isabella of Spain

• Duke Louis Versacci of Vienna, Italy (papal state)

• Louis de Buade Frotenac of New France (French colony)

• Benjamin Franklin of New England (english colony)

Why do historians know only so much about Joliet?

• He was illiterate and couldn't read or write, so we base what little we know about Joliet on the notes of others.

• They where burned because no one believed them; this is why we base what little we know about Joliet on the notes of others.

• He wrote them in this little-known language backwards, upside-down, messily so no one can (could) read it, so we base what little we know about Joliet on the notes of others.

• On his way back via the Illinois River, his canoe capsized, causing him to lose the notes; this is why we base what little we know about Joliet on the notes of others.

Why did Louis Jolliet have 3 fathers?

• He hda no living real father, but because his uncles took care of and raised him, it was as if he had 3 fathers.

• His first one (real one) died, the second one drowned, so his mother remarried again.

• Since his mother continuously cheated, she was divorced multiple times.

• He was orphaned 3 times.

Why was a peace pipe important?

• The smoke it made helped keep the explorers healthy.

• He was given it by local Native Americans to show peace when the encountered the violent Native Americans in the Arkansas area.

• He was famous for making and selling his own invention: the improved peace pipe.

Why did Jolliet travel to the Hudson Bay?

• to assess how the English colonizers are taking over that very important fur trading station

• to recieve more fur for trading at his shop

When and who did he marry?

• In 1675, he married Claire-Françoise Bissot.

• In 1693, he married Therésé-Laurine Achieve VI.