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1682: Robert Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River and claims the entire Mississippi Valley for France , naming the area Louisiana .

1682: William Penn 's treaty with the Delaware begins a period of friendly relations between the Quakers and Indians.

1683: After the death of Louis XIV 's brilliant minister, J. B. Colbert , France's interest in the colonies wanes.

c. 1685: In North America, the English and French vie for control.

1685: LaSalle lands at Matagorda Bay, builds Fort St. Louis.

1686: Mackinac region, Rooseboom and McGregor open trade but are seized by the French.

1686: De Troyes and D'Iberville capture three English posts on James Bay (June-July).

1686: King James II and Louis XIV sign neutrality pact handing forts of St. John's and Port Royal back to the French.

1689-1697: King William's War (American counterpart of the War Of The Grand Alliance in Europe) -- Abenakis, Penobscot, other New England tribes, attacked by English and their Iroquois allies. This is the first of the French-English wars for control of North America, continuing to 1763. During these wars, the Iroquois League generally sides with the English, and the Algonquian tribes with the French.

1689: Nicolas Perrot formally claims upper Mississippi region for France.

1689: The Iroquois kill many French settlers at Lachine.