Acadia
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Acadia was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River.
Siege of Saint John (1645) – d'Aulnay defeats La Tour in Acadia
Acadia in 1757
Duc d'Anville Expedition: Action between HMS Nottingham and the Mars
Acadians at Annapolis Royal, by Samuel Scott, 1751; earliest known image of Acadians
New France
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New France was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.
Champlain's Habitation c. 1608
One group of King's Daughters arrives at Quebec, 1667
Jean Talon, count of Orsainville, first intendant of New France
Company of New France building in present-day Quebec City