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Which statement most accurately describes Marquette? He was a Catholic priest who interested in converting the natives to Christianity. He was an explorer sponsored by the French governor of New France. O He explored the St. Lawrence River for the French. O He was a fur trader looking for more territory for trapping

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B - He was an explorer sponsored by the French governor of New France.

Marquette was a missionary, not a priest and he explored the Mississippi River not the St. Lawrence River. He was not a fur trader.

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