<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle" id="mwNA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle">René-Robert Cavelier</a> establishes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonization_of_Texas" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French colonization of Texas">Fort St. Louis</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagorda_Bay" id="mwNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Matagorda Bay">Matagorda Bay</a> thus forming the basis for France's claim to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas">Texas</a>.