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French Colonial Empire

  • Jan 1, 1534

    New France was the area colonized by France in North America

    new France was the area colonized by France in North America. during a period beginning with the exploration of the saint lawrence river by jacques Cartier
  • Period: Jan 1, 1534 to

    The French Colonial Empire

  • The Habitation at Port-Royal

    The Habitation at Port-Royal
    The port -Royal was that nation's first successful settlement in North America.
  • A British force from Virginia

    A british force came burned down the town but it was later rebuild nearby
  • Rich sugar colony

    Rich sugar colony
    France's most important cribbean colonial possession was established in 1664, when the colony of Saint-Domingue(today's Haiti) was found on the western half of the spanish island of hispanoila in the 18th century. saint-Domingue grew to be the richest sugar colony in the cribbean.
  • A French territorial claims in north America

    , with the foundation of Louisiana in the basin of the Mississippi River. The extensive trading network throughout the region connected to Canada through the Great Lakes, was maintained through a vast system of fortifications, many of them centred in the Illinois Country and in present-day Arkansas.
  • charles x's expedition

    charles x's expedition
    charles x sent a expedition to haiti
  • overseas territory

    The French colonial empire was the overseas territory that was uder French rule.
  • The "Second French Empire"

    The "Second French Empire"
    The Second was the Second-largest Empire behind the british and covered
  • The Largest French Colonial Empire

    The French Colonial Empire is the largest empire in the 7 th century
  • The Second French Empire ended