Which young french officer became a general on washington's staff and his lifelong friend? me
a. nathanial greene
b. baron friedrich von steuben
c. george rogers clark
d. marquis de lafayette

It was "d. Marquis de Lafayette" who became a general on Washington's staff and his lifelong friend, since he was a great asset to the US during the American Revolutionary War against Britain. 

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.