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French colonization of the Americas Wikipedia ~ The French colonization of the Americas began in the 16th century and continued on into the following centuries as France established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere France founded colonies in much of eastern North America on a number of Caribbean islands and in South America Most colonies were developed to export products such as fish rice sugar and furs As they colonized the New World the French established forts and settlements that would become such cities as Quebec and

French Colonies in America We the People Mary L Englar ~ New France was the French colonial empire in North America Its first colony Quebec was established in 1608 to develop the fur trade along North America’s Atlantic coast Within 150 years France had claimed the area from the Gulf of St Lawrence in the East westward to the Great Lakes and south to the Gulf of Mexico

French Colonies Women the American Story ~ The French colonies of North America were considerably less sophisticated than those of the English Spanish and Dutch in the 1500s and 1600s The kings of France wanted a colonial presence in North America to keep up with their European rivals but they devoted fewer resources to developing and populating their holdings there devoting their attention to the more profitable sugar plantations in the Caribbean

American Colonies French New France ~ French Colonies in the Americas AD 1541 1763 Between 1534 and 1542 Jacques Cartier made three voyages across the Atlantic claiming the land for King Francis I of heard two captured guides speak the Iroquoian word kanata meaning village

HISTORY OF FRENCH COLONIAL AMERICA ~ This development is the direct result of the growth of the colony of New France during the 1660s As the French explore through and around the Great Lakes they begin also to move down the rivers running south from this region The nearest large river to the eastern lakes and the first to receive attention

French Americans History Patterns of french immigration ~ According to We the People the French immigrants who remained in the United Stated tended to be less traditional and more enterprising ambitious and forwardlooking individuals who typically adjusted without much apparent stress to American ways In contrast to other immigrant groups only 12 percent of French Americans were farmers

Former French Colonies ~ The first French colonies were in North America India and the Caribbean after the Spanish and the Portuguese successfully established colonies The French and the British engaged in a fierce rivalry over colonies during the late 18th and early 19th centuries led to armed conflict in North America and India

French colonial empire Wikipedia ~ The French colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward A distinction is generally made between the first colonial empire that existed until 1814 by which time most of it had been lost and the second colonial empire which began with the conquest of Algiers in 1830

New France Definition History Map Britannica ~ New France French NouvelleFrance 1534–1763 the French colonies of continental North America initially embracing the shores of the St Lawrence River Newfoundland and Acadia Nova Scotia but gradually expanding to include much of the Great Lakes region and parts of the transAppalachian West

List of French possessions and colonies Wikipedia ~ During the 19th and 20th centuries the French colonial empire was the second largest colonial empire behind the British Empire it extended over 12898000 km 2 4980000 sq mi of land at its height in the 1920s and 1930s In terms of population however on the eve of World War II France and her colonial possessions totaled only 150 million inhabitants compared to 330 million for British