-
They founded Quebec, which became the base of France’s colonial empire in North America, known as New France
-
The nations of Europe also colonized the Caribbean. The French seized control of present-day Haiti, Guadeloupe, and Martinique
-
Dutch merchants formed the Dutch West India Company, Dutch government granted the company permission to colonize the region and expand the fur trade
-
Jacques Marquette explores the Mississippi River in 1673. His and others' exploration of the Mississippi helped to establish France's empire in North America
-
By 1760, the European population of New France had grown to only about 65,000. A large number of French colonists had no desire to build towns or raise families.
-
British colonists, with the help of the British Army, defeated the French in 1763. The French surrendered their North American holdings. As a result of the war, the British seized control of the eastern half of North America
-
With the Dutch gone, the English colonized the Atlantic coast of North America, By 1765 about 1.2 million English settlers lived in 13 colonies from Maine to Georgia