France began colonizing the Americas in the 16th century and continued into the following centuries as it established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere. France established colonies in much o
Portrait of Jacques Cartier by Théophile Hamel, arr. 1844
Governor Frontenac performing a tribal dance with Indian allies
Saint-Domingue slave revolt in 1791
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New France was the territory colonized by France in mainland North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New F
French colonization of the Americas
…Company failed. Later, more Germans immigrated to Louisiana during the 1750s and 1770s. The last French and Indian War resulted in the dissolution of New France in 1763, with Canada going to Great Britain and Louisiana going to Spain, although mainly absent. French colonists descendants or "Canadiens" that had…
Jean Talon, count of Orsainville, first intendant of New France
Habitation at Port-Royal c. 1605
Habitation at Quebec c. 1608
One group of King's Daughters arrives at Quebec, 1667