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Establishing colonies following land claim was essential in the race for control of the North American continent. In the seventeeth century, England, France and Spain risked lives and fortunes when they planned and began settlements across the Atlantic. This lesson teaches the concept of colony by looking at the French plan for Mississippi River colonization and the first European settlement in what is Texas today, Fort St. Louis. Through simulation, students will propose a plan of colonization based upon the critical attributes of a colony.