Why were americans excited when they first learned of the french revolution? a) they felt it would increase trade with france. b) they thought democracy was being spread around the world. c) the new leaders were americans. d) the king of france was beheaded.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.